Second letter from failed bidder urges review of Victoria's myki overhaul contract
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/victoria-public-transport-ticketing-drama-myki/102499056
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/victoria-public-transport-ticketing-drama-myki/102499056
7 Comments
bui@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
Myki was a shitshow when it was introduced. This is just more of the same.
cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
This smells like corruption though, asking a bidder to raise their price to make the preferred bidder win the contract. I honestly can't remember, were these shenanigans going on with the original Myki tender too?
bui@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
I can't find a source but it was decided that the original Myki should be built as a custom solution at a greater expense and with a slower rollout even though there were already off-the-shelf solutions that were working around the world that would have been faster and cheaper to implement.
cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah you're right, that sounds shady too.
prime_factor@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Remember Transdev winning the bus contract on being cheap, then completely skimping on maintenance.
A contracts price is going to be entirely dependant on its scope. The trouble though the scope can be manipulated to prefer a certain bidder.
HorseFD@lemmy.buzz · 1 pts · 3y
I can't tell if this is actually bad or just bitterness about losing the bid.
Railison@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Someone on the other platform said that Cubic have done this in many places they’ve lost bids