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This article was first published in 2001 and is copyright © 2001, Richard Byford and Kevin Potts. All commercial rights reserved. Richard Byford and Kevin Potts assert and give notice of their rights under section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the joint authors of this publication. [...] I spent a very frustrating day trying to explain the difference between ‘MEAT’ and ‘the cheapest bid’ to a very nervous civil servant. MEAT, if you haven’t come across it, means Most Economically Advantageous Tender. I had been called in by a senior responsible officer (SRO) who was growing increasingly concerned the team running [...] If you don’t ask for evidence – you can only expect to get marketing hype. If you are trying to select a suitable supplier/contract for a high-risk project, you need to be cleverer than that. Here is a rather funny example of how something negative can be given a positive ‘spin’. [...] |
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