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Re: [sf-uk-discuss] Re: Invitation to tender School Open Source Project

Ian Lynch <ian.ly...@zmsl.com>

On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 13:55 +0100, John Ingleby wrote:
> I've been involved in this type of bidding before and it took a lot of
> resources and effort. It's very time-consuming, and in the end it may
> not succeed... Certainly it's out of the question for my own company,
> CoroNet.

> The fact is that since 2003 we in Schoolforge-UK, collectively, have
> been doing much of what Becta now seems to be looking for. Even so,
> Schoolforge-UK doesn't have the organisational resources to bid for this
> work: we've never really needed an office, or paid staff, or an order
> book, otherwise I'm sure these things would all be in place by now.

> I'm all for putting our collective weight behind one or at most two bids
> from SF-UK members who have the best chance of success. I believe Ian's
> company, The Learning Machine, is in a very strong position, given that
> they already have an extensive track record as a business, and moreover,
> a business that is contributing to OpenOffice.org and developing the
> INGOTs curriculum, and not least, they have been a strong supporter of
> SF-UK throughout, including organising our FLOSSIE events.

> But of course, I'll be happy to send a brief CV to anyone else who is
> bidding!

Now I have had a chance to look at the tender I think that BECTA is
looking for a Prime Contractor who will be held accountable for the
deliverables. I will bid with TLM as the Prime contractor but I need
community members that are willing to go on a consultant's list to
e-mail me with a short CV.

Include: Name, Qualifications, FOSS experience and any specific areas of
expertise. if you are a member of SFUK or another Open Source community
include that too.

Thanks,

Ian
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