Why UK government IT sucks so hard

[DainBramaged]

Here's a very short and snappy explanation for why so much of the UK's government IT infrastructure is so fantastically, awfully bad: it's an RFP from a Northern Irish government business development fund for a "Content Management System to manage all Invest NI websites and intranets." Here's how they express their priorities:

IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

1. Price. Weighting 95

2. Quality. Weighting 5


This is for a 523,000 GBP contract, by the way.


http://boingboing.net/2013/05/22/why-uk-government-it-sucks-so.html


http://northern-ireland.unitedkingdom-tenders.co.uk/41807_Invest_NI_wishes_to_appoint_a_suitably_qualified_service_provider_to_install_configure_2013_Belfast

[ChromeFoundry]

1. omg. *pause* OMG! n/t

[hobbit709]

2. You get what you pay for.