Re: Warning of major NHS IT overspend (Off list)

[Brian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:14:14 +0000 in [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter
Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  that one of the NHS IT contracts is already in trouble: the 
>  contractor has reported that the requirements spec has many internal
>  contradictions. Why didn't he vet it during the contract
>  negotiations?

Bear in mind that some contracts are exchanged and come into force
before the Government side of the equation are aware of the
ramifications of some clauses. It may also be that there were some TBDs
in there.

The Inland Revenue head man, Nicholas Montagu, was not aware that in the
event that their PFI contractor went under, the banks would then own
the department's building. If you can miss something like that,
anything's possible.

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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