They only mention that contracts have to go to the cheapest bidder. They don’t mention that contracts allow for unexpected work to be charged extra.
As a consequence, companies have specialized in making a cheap offer at first and then add to that much unexpected work. It’s not only the insolvency of the cheapest bidder that is a problem.
Anyway, it is known that the regulation to use the cheapest bidder and many other regulations are the problem. So why does the article stop there and does not keep digging?
This is an excuse, paired with hope that the project finishes in autumn. But the problems remain and there is no hope that anything will change. The origin of the problem is not named and also not the people who can change the problem.
They only mention that contracts have to go to the cheapest bidder. They don’t mention that contracts allow for unexpected work to be charged extra.
As a consequence, companies have specialized in making a cheap offer at first and then add to that much unexpected work. It’s not only the insolvency of the cheapest bidder that is a problem.
Anyway, it is known that the regulation to use the cheapest bidder and many other regulations are the problem. So why does the article stop there and does not keep digging?
This is an excuse, paired with hope that the project finishes in autumn. But the problems remain and there is no hope that anything will change. The origin of the problem is not named and also not the people who can change the problem.