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Losing Vendor Litigation (Part 2): Vendor Side Origins?
August 8, 2011
There is one salient rule for vendors considering the pursuit of government contracts, just one rule . . . people buy from whom they know, like and trust! from April 2010 Washington Keynote address I remember when I gave the above referenced keynote, I was just coming to the end of a special 7-Part Seven […]
Sorry about that chief: The old secret uncompetitive bid process involving a foreign vendor trick
August 5, 2011
“Our problem is they’ve given a foreign company, in a secret uncompetitive process, 2,500 megawatts of installed capacity, a portion of the grid that’s larger than (the power from) Niagara Falls,” said Wilson. “Ontario families are tired of secret deals, they’re tired of skyrocketing hydro prices and they’re tired of Dalton McGuinty’s energy experiments.” from […]
Losing Vendor Litigation (Part 1): A Reversal of Fortune?
August 4, 2011
It has been noted that fiscal law is not about getting the mission accomplished or getting a good deal for the government. Fiscal law is only about Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch. Thus, fiscal law frequently prevents government agencies from signing an agreement that a commercial entity would not hesitate to execute. Thus, fiscal […]
Losing Vendor Litigation . . . It was just a matter of time?!
August 3, 2011
Tendered for a major contract and got rejected? Feel that the process was unfair? Compensation? Our Solicitors can help NO WIN/NO FEE call 0792 12 606 14 (Matt) from the Twitter Profile @TenderDispute You know I have often made reference to Huxley’s “sea of irrelevance” lamentation regarding truth as it pertains to the vastness of […]
Fear and loathing in Washington: Why a recent survey found that 92% of government IT leaders have reservations about making the move to the cloud
July 27, 2011
Earlier in June in an article titled GSA $2.5 Billion Cloud Computing Procurement RFQ: Real Opportunity or a Mirage for SME Vendors, I reviewed the opportunity for SMEs relative to the U.S. Federal Government’s announced $2.5 billion cloud computing contracts. While the focus of the article centered on the supplier side of the equation it now […]
Procurement Insights 
Losing Vendor Litigation (Part 3): “Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.”
August 9, 2011
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Initially Champagne was dismissed, not for stealing money, but for approving transactions for which he had no authority. But he knew that as soon as he was out of the building, the audits would turn up trouble. Champagne flew to the Turks to be with his family, and to wait for the mess to hit […]