I think it all depends on your local purchasing department(every govt agency/department gets their own, pretty much). Our department's attitude can be summed up(by me) as:
select the best solution to meet your needs, mostly irregardless of cost, but be sure you can articulate why you are buying from A.
I.e. You can pick whatever vendor you want, provided you are happy to stand up, under oath, in court and talk about WHY you selected vendor A over vendors B, C and D.
So far so I have no experience in court defending our choices.
select the best solution to meet your needs, mostly irregardless of cost, but be sure you can articulate why you are buying from A.
I.e. You can pick whatever vendor you want, provided you are happy to stand up, under oath, in court and talk about WHY you selected vendor A over vendors B, C and D.
So far so I have no experience in court defending our choices.