Canadian RCMP to develop own email system

[thedigitaldoctor]

The Canadian RCMP is planning on rolling out their own email system as the current one is failing and the replacement has been delayed for 2 years now.

 

In June 2013, Bell Canada won the contract to move 550,000 mailboxes from 63 email systems to a uniform email address ending with @canada.ca. The transformation promised to make the email system more secure, efficient and easier for Canadians to access while saving $50 million a year.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/rcmp-shared-services-canada-bell-email-1.4262358

[8uhbbhu8]

hmmmm Why am I not surprised they failed? 

 

 

Oh wait....

 

lowest bidder contracts

[CostcoSamples]

1 minute ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

hmmmm Why am I not surprised they failed? 

 

 

Oh wait....

 

lowest bidder contracts

Lol seriously.  I prepare a lot of proposals for government contracts and they can be very frustrating.  The government couldn't find a good deal to save it's life.  It's not even the low bidder.  It's the bidder who most efficiently jumps through the long winded/arbitrary hoops to score the most points.

[8uhbbhu8]

7 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

Lol seriously.  I prepare a lot of proposals for government contracts and they can be very frustrating.  The government couldn't find a good deal to save it's life.  It's not even the low bidder.  It's the bidder who most efficiently jumps through the long winded/arbitrary hoops to score the most points.

Well.... That's even worse then I thought!! gg Canada... gg

 

 

Also... Best name

[Hiitchy]

11 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

Lol seriously.  I prepare a lot of proposals for government contracts and they can be very frustrating.  The government couldn't find a good deal to save it's life.  It's not even the low bidder.  It's the bidder who most efficiently jumps through the long winded/arbitrary hoops to score the most points.

Bell Canada, screwing people including the government since 1880.

[Belgarathian]

32 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

Lol seriously.  I prepare a lot of proposals for government contracts and they can be very frustrating.  The government couldn't find a good deal to save it's life.  It's not even the low bidder.  It's the bidder who most efficiently jumps through the long winded/arbitrary hoops to score the most points.

That would be called a tender to an RFP with a weighted scoring system deciding the winner. Pretty standard. 

[CostcoSamples]

41 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

That would be called a tender to an RFP with a weighted scoring system deciding the winner. Pretty standard. 

Pretty standard, and also pretty terrible.