BDSM and Government Tenders

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: BDSM and Government Tenders

Having spent the last 5 hours of today (and 8 hours of yesterday) in frustration Crying or Very sad

, I would like to ask the following question:

For what fscking reason must I do the following, in order to have a chance to be considered for a 5000 pounds government tender?

1. Spend half a day reading documents.
2. Spend two days filling forms.
3. Furnish a bank guarantee for 1000 pounds.
4. Submit the CVs of at least five of my employees.
5. Submit the contact details of at least five customers.
6. Print and submit the full manual of our CMS software.

Bondage

For comparison, when I am trying to make similar a deal for a private company, I only have to spend a couple of hours compiling a proposal. Cool

Xenos 2Fan · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: BDSM and Government Tenders

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject:

Another one:

My father went to the property tax agency to pay tax for a piece of land he sold at Pera Orinis. There were two booths in the room.

He goes to booth #1. The clerk is there but she's eating a sandwich. My father asks "can I pay my tax?". She answers "sorry sir, but I'm having my break now, please try the next booth".

He goes to booth #2, and waits in line for 30 minutes. Finally, his turn comes and he asks again "can I pay my tax?". "Yes, of course", she says, "in which village?". "Pera Orinis", my father says.

And he gets the following answer: "I'm sorry, but I only handle villages from A to M. You have to use booth #1".

Evil or Very Mad

Xenos 2Fan · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject:

cannedmoose · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

Just don't try applying for any EU projects re, even worse bureaucracy that this...

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject:

Dhavlos · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject:

thats cos it is based on thefrench system...from olden days of the High Authority in the ECSC.

cypriot · Village guest Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 3

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is it really that difficult to be successful with government tenders in Cyprus. You need to have contacts and a foot in the door to stand out of the clutter of tenders submitted . .The Cyprus government has some good initiatives, who are the applicants that succeed??