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If the price is the primary sticking point in this, I don't see why it's an issue. Clearly there are several more factors involved in this project, otherwise I
by Zikes 13y ago
If the price is the primary sticking point in this, I don't see why it's an issue. Clearly there are several more factors involved in this project, otherwise I could step in and quote $1m less than IBM and be considered equally viable.
- eli 13y agoThe GAO upheld two portions of the IBM protest. One claim was that the CIA failed to evaluate prices for a possible task provided for in the contract. The second sustained protest was that a software-security requirement in the contract was waived by the CIA only for Amazon during negotiations. The GAO denied IBM's argument that the CIA didn't properly evaluate Amazon's past performance given certain service outages that occurred with Amazon's cloud service in 2012. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578529681364318470.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732479890457852...
- calbear81 13y agoActually, I believe this is how many public entities award contracts. My friend worked for the parks department in a major US city and when they needed to build something, the lowest bidder got the contract automatically as long as they were qualified/approved regardless of whether or not they were as competent as other vendors.
- gohrt 13y agoRight, and the procurers write the contract to require features that are oddly specific to the preferred vendor's operation, to avoid undercuts by competitors.