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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi Gavin<br>
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You are correct that in terms of the FOSS policy this is not
compliant, and probably a who;e lot of other policies as well.<br>
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I would venture that this is also illegal in that they openly
state a preference for a single vendor solution mentioning both
ESRI And Microsoft by name, this in terms of the supply chain
regulations is illegal. <br>
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Should there be alternative systems that may suit this procurement
it would be wonderful if someone can budget the time to make a
submission and also make objection to the structure of this
document.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/06/2013 12:34, Gavin Fleming
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:51ADC2D0.2010907@afrispatial.co.za"
type="cite">Hi All <br>
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See details of tender CB111/2013 in this doc: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Business/Lists/Tenders/Attachments/473/CB111%202013.pdf">http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Business/Lists/Tenders/Attachments/473/CB111%202013.pdf</a>
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According to the Govt FOSS policy, Govt entities may not request
tenders for specific software. They have to request tenders for a
solution, thus allowing diverse suppliers to tender and in this
way giving the opportunity for FOSS suppliers to tender. In due
course FOSS will become obligatory but for the time being tenders
have to be open while the FOSS supplier base builds up. <br>
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What's the point of this being a public tender if there is only
one supplier? <br>
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I invite you to object or join me in objecting as well as in
submitting alternative bids consisting of FOSS solutions. <br>
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Llewellyn Gush<br>
Information Technology Manager<br>
Joe Gqabi District Municipality<br>
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