MoD and Public Sector

[youngguy]

Jump to the private sector? That's 20,000 people with experience in mostly outdated, unsupported technologies moving into a modern and well-populated market in competition with people who understand that market and technological level...? Yeah right...

Put your rate up by 30% or so to, compensate...? Good luck with that one too. And expenses are expressly disallowed, remember.

Use alternative frameworks to gain access to PS work...? Now you are being silly. Frameworks exist and are regulated for a reason.


Smell the coffee, please. The only way out is to prove to HMT that their wonderful idea is a compete and utter disaster in the making and will not achieve what they want to achieve.

Not everyone will be successful in their endeavours that's a given, doesn't mean they won't try though and it doesn't mean some will get traction. I've seen many a procurement framework circumvented for certain golden contractors and I've seen many a contractor on ridiculous rates because they have favour with the right people.

As for your suggestion Gov will change their mind, well that's just as silly. Nothing any of us have done appears to have made a dent in their view. We may get a year or so reprieve but HMRC are not faltering in their belief. I sincerely hope I get proved wrong.

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Jump to the private sector? That's 20,000 people with experience in mostly outdated, unsupported technologies moving into a modern and well-populated market in competition with people who understand that market and technological level...? Yeah right...

Put your rate up by 30% or so to compensate...? Good luck with that one too. And expenses are expressly disallowed, remember.

Use alternative frameworks to gain access to PS work...? Now you are being silly. Frameworks exist and are regulated for a reason.


Smell the coffee, please. The only way out is to prove to HMT that their wonderful idea is a compete and utter disaster in the making and will not achieve what they want to achieve.

Smell the coffee - there are a few senior civil servant policy makers whose future careers require this to be implemented so it will be.