Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
Carl,
my impression as a bystander is that the IETF has decided that sole
source contracts (where only one contractor is permitted to bid) are, in
general, a Bad Idea.
The Secretariat contract had very special circumstances, which caused it
to be sole sourced, but I interpreted the words from Leslie's timeline:
May 7 2006[IASA]
Request for Vendor Expressions of Interest
to mean a public request, where more than one organization is welcome to
show interest.
Continuity has value, but I think it is up to the IASA to determine how
continuity is weighted against other factors.
Harald (who has only public knowledge at this point)
There isn't much secret knowledge... but as an IAOC member,
I feel we've been told by the community to seek multiple proposals
when possible and appropriate, and in any case to be as transparent
as possible in the process.
Brian
--On torsdag, mars 16, 2006 18:16:22 -0800 Carl Malamud <carl@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Carl -- did you get the other message (the one with
the timeline)?
Yes, I did. Not having been party to the discussions, I'm
not quite sure what is going on. We did a sole source
re-assignment of the IETF secretariat. As I said in my
note, I'm curious about:
1. the opinion from the RFC-Editor about this, in particular
the charter.
2. what the IAB/IAOC is thinking ... this could be a sole
source reassignment or a simple renewal.
I appreciate that a lot of thought obviously went into
preparing your two notes, I'd just like to hear some of
the background.
Best regards,
Carl
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