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Originally Posted by I_H8_Crawford
I'm surprised that people are surprised by the "rigged bidding system"
This happens everywhere with RFPs - customers have their preferred suppliers, work with them to insert products and wording to allow their preferred supplier to win.
Happens all the time in all industries.
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Honestly, I usually don't respond to bids, for the most part they're a waste of time, and I usually tell the prospect that. If I didn't have a hand in writing in and setting landmines I couldn't be bothered.
However on the government side of things, there should be some openness and fairness to all, that's how working with the government works. If the NDP allowed this process to basically become single sourced because they planted specific brand landmines in it for example, then the government needs to answer questions on why, because it goes to the question of integrity. Now I'm sure that the NDP would have no trouble with answering those questions.