Originally posted by RichardCranium
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And what a complete load of tulip the OJEU process is. Because suppliers can know the process inside out, then can massage their bids to work around it, such that the selection is not based upon best value for money (which is supposed to be the whole point of OJEU), but simply which supplier has the best OJEU consultant that knows all the tricks of the process.
I've seen contracts awarded where no-one in the organisation wanted the system, no-one belived the supplier would be able to deliver and everyone thought the system was sh!te. But because the supplier had ticked every single box, the contract had to be awarded to them. There was a thinly veiled threat of legal action for the full contract amount if it wasn't awarded to them.
The system was sh1te and the organisation had to shell out many times the cost of the contract to keep maintain other systems and pay out for extras.
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