Well there needs to be a lot more cynicism in government about so called
tendering practices and also who does the evaluation of how much work has to
be done.
Its not just nuclear balls ups we see, its everything like computer
contracts and critical infrastructure projects like HS2 etc that all seem to
end up controversial and over budget.
Brian

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Brian Gaff wrote:

there needs to be a lot more cynicism in government about so called
tendering practices

Organisations can find ways to phrase questions and interpret answers in
ways that favour the supplier they wanted in the first place.

On 18/10/2017 11:13, Andy Burns wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

there needs to be a lot more cynicism in government about so called
tendering practices

Organisations can find ways to phrase questions and interpret answers in
ways that favour the supplier they wanted in the first place.

They got caught out this time, though. Hence the liability for
compensation to Bechtel.