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Re: [LUG] Government IT policy

 


tom wrote:
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Henry Bremridge wrote:
because their lawyers and contract
> writers can turn an engineering disaster into a massive profit for them.
> They KNOW there will be mission creep and it will be written in as 'not
> our fault'.
> Tom te tom te tom
> 
> 

Example: Scots parliament building: contract GBP X, actual paid after
contractor states "not in contract, its extra"!  many multiples of GBP X
and that is where the outcome 'a building' can be comprehended by the
political masters, what hope when they do not understand the technology.

In government contract  circles "Better" is enemy of the "Good"
and "good" comes a lot more  expensive than " it will do the job".
They always want to 'better' original spec. during contract execution
time. This is the contractor's lifeline to 'profitability'.
-- 
Regards
Eion MacDonald

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