Anyway…off to Roswell.

I think they were going to outsourse from the beginning, just mad it seem like they had to at the last minute.

Stop deflecting. If Bermuda is to get a grip on our public finances and Bermudians are to make a shared sacrifice, then why are you deflecting back to change the article from what is happening NOW? It appears that when placed in an uncomfortable position OBA supporters attempt to obscure the issue entirely.

My understanding is that it’s about Bermuda’s welfare and wellbeing, with any transgressor being held accountable, but now it’s clear that it’s only a game of party politics. OBA (private sector) vs PLP (civil servants).

It’s appears to me that you do not care if Bermuda is being milked dry as long as the OBA is doing the milking.

London, England

Rightly stated, but it makes one ponder just how serious this Government is in protecting the public purse? Had this vendor provided this type of service to a private citizen there would be demands from that individual for compensation for additional police (or in this case private security) overtime pay, etc., to be paid by the vendor.

It’s $1.3million dollars per year contract, claw back the money to the public purse that puts the Government out of pocket for having to put in new security measures in the meantime.

Dunkley, you are disappointed, merely disappointed? If this were a civil servant would you accept this excuse in this climate of anti-CS and bloated expenses?

Two different standards here, private sector raises mere disappointment from the OBA; public sector raises outrage.

The same measures of scrutiny, accountability, reliability and penalties should apply and/or be levied irrespective of whether it is the public and/or the private sector delivering the service.

It is the public purse that should be protected here, irrespective of who made the mistakes. And, you do not register any concern for the public purse, Mr Dunkley.

London, England

Fit the time to fit the crime.

This is more serious that we know, it speaks to the lack of transparency in the process despite the office of procurement and the police working together to ensure the process was viewed as fair. There are too many flaws, either both parties were incompetent or one or both did not pick the best vendor because of outside pressure but this is clearly a case of a “something smells fishy”

In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing, why so aggressive?

18 months on, you seriously think they could do a better job??

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/nov/04/serious-fraud-office-inquiry-g4s-serco-overcharging

Why did they not extend GET contract until BAS got it’s act together?

BPS made the recommendation and the Deputy commissioner who selected BAS over GET is conveniently absent.

There is enough word on the street, this decision was not entirely based on merit[bidders know there were other solutions that were a lot cheaper to tax payer]

Question is why did Mike Jackman make the expensive recommendation?

Probe is necessary. Bermuda public needs to know the facts..

If it was the BPS how can you hold Dunkley accountable? Do you have some unpublished information?

Lets hear it.

Surly someone on the client/Government end requested by way of the RFP vendor certification documentation and proof of product knowledge prior to awarding the contract???

Only to learn last week that the assigned vendor now has to reach overseas to obtain the expertise is a little hard to accept from both vendor and Government…..

As I was taught trust but verify……..

FWB jr

Given that, why wasn’t GET’s contract simply extended while BAS/Serco until this got sorted?