nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g “All these kinds of stuff-ups are typical when you give dollars to companies with zero relevant skill, knowledge and expertise, and ask them to build the bureau’s next computing facilities.”
Federal government is absolutely addicted to consultants, this looks like a phenomenal waste of money. Surely there are suppliers with relevant expertise in this space???
nostr:npub1f7d04cetdnjkhmecqnuhpa0wcy840xzzuu4sqrr5zxp5dvh7wlwsv3znlj nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g I'm not sure how it's set up over there but often procurement rules can get in the way of making good decisions.
I'm Aotearoa New Zealand the incentive is to low-ball to get the contract and then add extra costs in later.
No accountability and by then everyone is in too deep to pull out.
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"The report said the maximum price the government would pay was set too low and the project's bidders soon worked this out.
That decision meant proposals were "value managed down" or made cheaper on designs and timelines to make costs look acceptable.
"These value management changes represented risks that would eventually manifest themselves after procurement once construction commenced," it read."