Taxpayers foot $2m bill for Gillards Sky TV tender bungle

[mellie]

Taxpayers foot $2m bill to Sky News for Australia Network TV tender bungle
BY: DENNIS SHANAHAN, POLITICAL EDITOR From: The Australian April 03, 2012 12:00AM


THE Gillard government has been forced to hand over millions of dollars of taxpayers' funds in compensation to Sky News after bungling the $223 million tender to run the Australia Network international television service.

Cabinet twice overruled unanimous public service advice that Sky News be given the 10-year contract to provide Australia's international "soft diplomacy".

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-- Is this what you voted for Australia?

[mellie]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/837 ... ia-network

Note-- Turnbull is making point and click excuses for a limp wristed corrupt Gillard government in the above article, being the turncoat he is.



Another Labor 'Pie in the Sky'.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/282700.html


Ironies.

[mellie]

Is not Burning Australian Tax-payers money as environmentally unfriendly as burning coal?



Just more waste coming from an incompetent reckless Labor government.

[mantra]

Why was Sky TV even allowed to tender in the first place? I would have thought the ABC would have been the sole contender.

[IQS.RLOW]

Why was Sky TV even allowed to tender in the first place? I would have thought the ABC would have been the sole contender.

^^^^^ the leftwing mind working at full capacity

[Super Nova]

I don't see anything wrong with Sky getting paid if the tender has being stopped unless it can be proved that acted in a manner that was the cause of it being stopped. If this cannot be proved they should get this money.

The tender process has been conducted twice over more than nine months, with ANC saying it devoted significant resources to the process.

"We are concerned that both tender outcomes were rejected after each of the tenders had closed and the independent tender evaluation board had delivered its recommendations," he added.

I have been on a major tender like this that was stopped by the UK government and it was written into the terms of the tender that should this occur, the actual costs incurred by all organisations can be recovered from the government. This can happen due to change in policy or change in government.

In this case the process was followed (twice) and it made a recommendation and unless they proceed, the tender process was a waste of time for all. Government contracts are very expensive to go for and if you win but they don't proceed, you should get your costs back otherwise no-one will go for government tenders. They often are scrapped mid-way.