ACT Tourism website gets upgrade - $370K worth

Tendering rarely gets the best result in my experience. Generally, if a company tendering is close to the best price they’ll win it because someone they know on the inside has influence anyway.

Also many tenders require so much work on both sides its got to be paid for somehow. My company has spent a month on many tenders with several people. It probably costs us at least $100k to respond to any government tender, and trust me its always covered in the price of the tender somehow.

I am going against the flow here and offering congratulations to Zoo. It is rare that the ACT Government, who have a cringe complex about local contactors, accept a tender from a local company. We need more Zoo people in Canberra.
I wonder how much of the $1 billion dollars to be spent on the Green light rail project will stay in Canberra? There are plenty of local firms that could participate but with a PPP being mandatory who in Canberra is going to bother.

ampersand said :

Please don’t whinge about the tender process. My guess is nearly anyone in Canberra who reads the Riot Act are public servants (Feddies and State).

Instead of whinging about what is perceived to be a process with problems, use your time at work to change the process… it’s what you are paid for.

Ha! I knew a student at ANU whose public service brother had put him in charge of a company …. to tender on the public servant’s behalf for major IT contracts.

Please don’t whinge about the tender process. My guess is nearly anyone in Canberra who reads the Riot Act are public servants (Feddies and State).

Instead of whinging about what is perceived to be a process with problems, use your time at work to change the process… it’s what you are paid for.

Let’s see whether it buys some disabled access … unlike the pathetic attempts of the remainder of the ACT “Signed Up To The National Disability Strategy But Doesn’t Give A Flying F**k” Government.

Kramer said :

The three years was most likely a tender – you know govt spending over $80K and all that…

Are you thinking of Federal Government finance procedures?

Most of the funds would be going to PM, BA , Testers and very little to developers !!!

“Remember best price is not always equal to best value.”
That is quoted in Govt tender process discussions all the time ….

The three years was most likely a tender – you know govt spending over $80K and all that…

Yes, I run a web design company – albeit one that works on much smaller projects – small business & individuals only.

Rather than comment on the $370k, I probably should have questioned what in fact that tourism site needs three years worth of development for.