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What about reputation? I regularly do more than the legal minimum for my clients and there are companies who do the same for me. Meeting the legal minimums only
by benmanns 13y ago
What about reputation? I regularly do more than the legal minimum for my clients and there are companies who do the same for me. Meeting the legal minimums only makes sense for commodities, e.g. this salt is 99.5% pure. This software is 99.5% "secure"? This software is 99.5% "complete"?
- pessimizer 13y agoI don't think that most RFPs require or make many allowances for "reputation."
- eigenvector 13y agoTrue, but quantifiable aspects of reputation (like having successfully completed similar projects in the past) can be part of a pre-bid qualification process. This is common for large or complex projects.
- sanderjd 13y agoIt seems to me that reputation works better in the free market than the government "market". I don't know why that is, but I suspect it has to do with the same rules for the bidding process that are meant to decrease corruption, but also tend to entrench contractors.