[Ilugc] Fwd: Proprietary Tender by NIC for SC
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Fri Sep 25 16:07:01 2009
On 09/25/2009 03:45 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
Hello,
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Roshan Mathews wrote:
Hence, if they want Macs, then that's what they get. If that choice
means that others are forced to buy Macs too, then you complain, else
it's just none of your business.
Imagine the furor if they put out a tender saying that they only want
to be supplied mobile phones made by Samsung or want internet service
only from Tata Indicomm.
...or if the defense ministry names a specific Italian arms vendor while
purchasing tanks ...or a state government names a specific US Enery company in
their tender to build a power plant ...etc
Normally, a tender document should put out the specifications --- not
a commercial brand that is supplied by only one company. Government
departments over the years have found ways to subvert this system. In
this particular case, they will say that a number of different
"vendors" exist.
I agree. In fact, even without naming a vendor in the tender, there still are
ways to 'prefer' a certain vendor over others by putting in arbitrary
'requirements' for the purchase.
IMHO, an active press involvement might help correct this favoritism, besides
of
course, directly communicating with the decision makers for the SC.
For software, there might be a possibility of arguing to favor the most common
platform over most open but as far as hardware is concerned I don't see why
Indian laptop manufactures are being shafted in the tender.
cheers,
- steve
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