Reply to post: Re: But Shirley...

MPs petition for legally binding target of 95% 4G coverage across UK

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Re: But Shirley...

How on earth any bidder for the contract could put a price on things that had yet to be developed escapes me completely.

You don't think for one nanosecond that the price as bid is anywhere near the price that will be paid?

People who bid for any long term services contract know to price at a loss, because there's either undefined elements that will certainly be added, or changes to requirements. The real skill in tendering for such deals is simply to spot those opportunities in the original specification, and then have the mendacity to offer an absurdly low bid in order to squeeze out the handful of like-minded competitors.

It is pretty much the same business model as outsourcing and offshoring in IT, BPO, and any government services tender.

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