In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on
07/17/2008
at 10:45 AM, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals
from everyone and take the lowest bid.
The Devil is in the details. They are not required to accept a bid that
does not comply with the
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Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals
from everyone and take the lowest bid.
The Devil is in the details. They are not required to accept a bid that
does not comply with the RFP and they
This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ??
Gary Green wrote:
We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct with the systems
and such that we are responsible for. Then along comes someone that make a
decision that makes it all moot.
You gotta read
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Subject: Re: Disaster in the making
This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ??
Gary Green wrote:
We plan and plan and plan
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On 17 Jul 2008 08:05:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman)
wrote:
This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ??
Sometimes it isn't what one is thinking - but what one isn't thinking
that matters most.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman
This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors
thinking ??
Since it's a government entity, it could have been any (combination of)
these, and not necessarily in this order:
1. Cheapest
On 17 Jul 2008 10:21:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote:
Since it's a government entity, it could have been any (combination of)
these, and not necessarily in this order:
1. Cheapest available;
2. Pork-barrel;
3. political favor;
4. political disfavor.
Or It's someone else's
We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct with the systems
and such that we are responsible for. Then along comes someone that make a
decision that makes it all moot.
You gotta read this article. If it were not so serious, it would be funny.
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