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> It's done by one specific career bureaucrat or group Almost all governments have a legally defined public procurement framework. If this is overridden, it's
by InsideOutSanta 5mo ago
> It's done by one specific career bureaucrat or group
Almost all governments have a legally defined public procurement framework. If this is overridden, it's pretty much always by elected politicians, not by regular government employees.
- SXX 5mo ago> Almost all governments have a legally defined public procurement framework. These frameworks are all created and administered by same career bureaucrats. > If this is overridden, it's pretty much always by elected politicians, not by regular government employees. Why they need to overridden in first place? Using of consultancy services is not usually banned. Also it's not like 4 years ago either UK or EU governments would expect they will soon want to get rid of all US companies in their public sector.
- convolvatron 5mo agoI've worked both sides of a 'transparent open-process lowest cost bid' for the US government, and it's pretty easy to get the outcome you want. a lot of the time its not even for reasons of overt corruption, just that that's the vendor you've chosen to work with.