observer Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Is it "competative", if there is only ONE competitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 yes. if there is only one competitor it is still "competitive" by definition. a competitor competes. if he is the only one to enter then that is his good luck. if something is put out to tender and only one quote is received then it is still competitive as the firm supplying the quote does not know that it is the only one doing so and may never know unless somebody has tipped them the wink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I agree with Evil Sids view. Guess it depends on the type of tender though. There are different types for example a formal tender can either be 'open' or 'select' etc. As far as I understand it hopefull candidates who apply have to go through certain processes of ellimination including questionaires etc before they are 'invited' to formally tender and submit their finer details and costs. The elimiation process continues as they are again evaluated against pre determined criteria and the work is eventually awarded to the supplier who has convincingly offered the best value in terms of cost and of course quality of job and expertise. Or maybe not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 With Cartel operations, "tipping the wink" is all part of the scam; resulting in deliberatly inflated prices, thus the lowest bid, isn't actually cheap. Coincidentally, it appears that Mrs Vobe (our MP) has launched a campaign to force the Council to employ "local" firms and workers on contracts. Errm, good idea in theory; but wouldn't that contravene the rules imposed on Local Councils by her Government, forcing them to subject contracts to open competition and to favour the cheapest - so much for that spurious campaign then?! PS. As for the case of a single tender, that's fine, providing the process invited tenders and didn't knowingly only allow one - hence the queery over the GGH sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Whatever. To answer your original question. There are rules and regulations governing competitive tendering and if only one firm competes then there is only one firm in the competition, the rest have missed the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 What's "whatever"? Think folk have already answered the question Geoff, so your merely repeating them. Perhaps you can make yourself usefull; and clarify the the latest MPs attack on the Council re: local labour; when under current rules, such a policy would be deemed illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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