"Investment Amount
€99,060.00
...
The project is led by an experienced Debian maintainer collaborating
with Rust experts."[1]
"Title
Debian Rust
...
Short description
Debian is one of the most popular Linux distributions.
...
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT: 99 000,00 EUR
...
Date of contract award decision
19/09/2023
...
Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Official name: Les Bonnes Résolutions
Town: Paris"[2]
"The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Explanation:
The project falls under "advantageous opportunity" pursuant to Section 8 (4)
No. 14 UVgO.
The work is going to performed by long-standing Debian maintainers and
experts in Rust software development, for Debian with a track record of
almost 20 years. This is very important and crucial to the success,
because the Debian community has a very specific approach to outside
funded work and navigating decisions in this field requires a lot of
experience."[2]
How exactly was this decision navigated in the Debian community?
cu
Adrian
[1] https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/coreutils
[2] https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/575072-2023
