Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Initial contract with who? The only fair bidding process I know > is one in which potential bidders are sought via a very widespread > and relatively low cost RFI, followed by a targetted and relatively > high cost RFP.
IMHO the risk of not having an RFI is that the bids will be out of whack. If informal conversations or experience have led to a conclusion as to what range of bids would be expected then an RFI seems unnecessary. We know the current cost structure, because we're footing the bill. Eliot _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
