Plunder Scenario 35
Your end-user wrote overly restrictive specs that look to be tailored to one particular supplier. There is no justifiable reason, and they refuse to change the specs. What do you do?
AP Response:
We issued the solicitation as required. The outcome was that the preferred vendor submitted a bid that was double the allocated budget—exceeding it by $100,000. This caused significant frustration among the end-users. As a result, the bid was closed without award, and no further solicitation was requested.