What are you talking about? Of course someone has already provided a spec for it. Probably several someones have. That's how you work a big project, you put out a request for a quote and shop it out to companies that have some experience in the area. They do the research, ask questions, then give you a set up for how they would go about doing it, the scale of the project and some ballpark figures for what it would take. The people issuing the RFQ then choose the couple that they like best, come up with a budget, then ship off an RFP to the chosen companies and provide budget numbers and request a specific detailed proposal.
If they didn't do it that way then how would you even know how to budget? $500 million? $100 million? $50? Dude, the process works pretty much the same way in private industry and public programs. It isn't mysterious and not necessarily nefarious. It could be in cases where there are kickbacks set up or vendors are chosen on the basis of close ties instead of cost/value. That's true in both public and private situations. But there is nothing in this to suggest anything of the sort. So either you don't have any clue about how the bidding process works on public projects or else you're just being an asshole about it. Judah On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guarantee you someone has already provided a spec for that $500 million > project and is on the inside track to get the contract. All hail the > lobbyists. > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Maureen wrote: > >> >> From the stimulus bill: Social Security: $500 million goes to replace >> its 30-year-old computer system. >> >> Suppose you were going to bid on this as a vendor. What kind of >> system would you recommend at 500 million? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
