04-21-2009, 08:31 PM
Those sorts of "arrangements" in other walks of life are generally called "kickbacks", and are illegal...
But oddly enough, when it comes to IT contracts, they seem to be widely accepted.
The County Office Of Edu. tried to get us to "subscribe" to their "preferred vendor" for technology...
I picked 6-7 items from their online catalog, and showed the boss MY usual vendor(s) for those items... All of the items were at LEAST 50% higher in cost through the "preferred vendor".
Fortunately, we declined the "partnership arrangement".
But oddly enough, when it comes to IT contracts, they seem to be widely accepted.
The County Office Of Edu. tried to get us to "subscribe" to their "preferred vendor" for technology...
I picked 6-7 items from their online catalog, and showed the boss MY usual vendor(s) for those items... All of the items were at LEAST 50% higher in cost through the "preferred vendor".
Fortunately, we declined the "partnership arrangement".