Let's see -- company A is offering product at $x/unit, company B is offering to buy product from company A and add $y/unit handling and trans-shipping, and company C is offering something completely off spec at $10x/unit. Which should I buy for our fighting forces?
Everybody knows that the answer depends on:
1 - the commission percentage I get
2 - the probability of a bonus for keeping total DoD spending above current budget projections, in order to ask for a greater appropriation next cycle
3 - the likelyhood of gaining an executive position with either company C (first choice) or company B (second choice) after having just minimally been vested with a federal pension
I have tried to deal with bozos like this who moved to state government employment when their previous positions went down with the private sector ship they were supposed to be rowing. They could/would not even follow instructions for inserting boilerplate clauses in a contract because "it was opposite of how we did it in the private sector" where the seller apparently set the contract terms. Had it been legal, I could have easily tripled my salary from submitting cost-saving recommendations - the only thing preventing that was it was my assigned task to review proposed contracts to ensure required boilerplate was inserted in the proper places in the proper order. No bonus for merely doing my job? Fooey!
stay safe.
skidmark
