Suppliers helping write some tenders: BIG
The BIG has found that in the case of some public housing buildings, suppliers have been writing the spec included in the calls for tenders to acquire generators. It’s not allowed for the consulting engineers contracting with the city to have suppliers essentially doing their work for them (and, in so doing, easily tie up a sale) but it seems that’s been going on.
In another BIG story Monday, the city department that acquires vehicles has been found handwaving requirements for tendering.
Ephraim 10:21 on 2020-09-22 Permalink
One more reason why the city should be allowing REITs to do it and simply pay them. They have the infrastructure to handle it, they build, they run, they make a profit. The city is not set up to handle this. These are professional apartment building management teams. Yes, it may cost more, but we can get reports, check things and ensure they are doing them with a quick inspection, instead of having to build and run an entire infrastructure that a city wasn’t intended to run.