cobblers

They've had months and months and months to get the clearances sorted out. It's typical last minute implementation (keeps costs for G4S lower).

I've spent much of the past 2 years bidding with or against G4S for these other public sector contracts in a similar organisation to them. This is not unexpected.

Government procurement is s**te, and the contracts they use are s**te, toothless, and not fit for purpose (surprise surprise, because its done on the cheap using generic documents each time). These contractors are generally trying to run at such tight margins that everything is done as cheaply as possible. They will do the very bare minimum, and the cost of service failures is often actually priced in - they know they will not be able to achieve certain promises, but the penalties for failing are just factored into the price charged so that they never actually feel the pinch.

Whilst I am sure security clearance processing is an authority dependency in the contract, the simple fact is that G4S shouldn't be in this position and it should have been sorted yonks ago. That it hasn't been smacks of piss poor planning and piss poor project management by G4S and the procuring Authority.

Posted By: CWC on July 13th 2012 at 12:43:30

Message Thread

3000 extra security staff.... (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:20:07
- oh they want you to be afraid (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 11:52:44
  - Who are we afraid of again? Can never remember if it is Eastasia or Eurasia. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 13, 11:55:17
    - ~Amnesia. obviously. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 15:23:09
    - Erasure always scared the shit out of me. (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 13, 12:27:15
    - Micronesia (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:18:28
    - Eurythmics (n/m) (NCFC) - CityForLife, Jul 13, 12:06:49
    - china (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 12:02:24
      - America scare the shit out of me as it is (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:18:59
- And.... (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:47:23
  - True. Always a bad sign when bad things stop happening. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 13, 11:52:09
- I'm keeping my pitch fork at the ready in case anything kicks off in Nodge. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jul 13, 11:47:13
  - Best be prepared - those Ketts might kick off again (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:51:00
    - who are these Ketts? This is worrying. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 11:55:53
      - .... (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:59:18
        
        Of course I know about Robert Kett, I was being facetious. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 12:03:34
        
        So who is this Facetious? Sounds a bit shitty (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:20:17
        
        Any Nodge fan that doesn't know about Kett needs their Badge revoking. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 13, 12:12:21
        
        its no wonder kett got caught tho, hiding up that tree... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 13, 12:28:29
        
        ha ha (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 12:12:06
- plus, 3000 army! have we got 90000 Milwall fans attending? (n/m) (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:37:30
- It's not actually G4S's fault.... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 11:36:08
  - cobblers (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 12:43:30
    - I've spent the last 2 years bidding against G4S... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 12:45:33
      - against us too then! (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 13:32:44
        
        Gotten??? Where is that word in the OED?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Wissydean, Jul 13, 14:15:42
        
        it's in the Bristol edition. (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 16:07:44
        
        It's actually the old English form, which has fallen out of use in the UK. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 13, 14:23:16
        
        You must work for GEO then? (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 13:39:00
        
        No (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 14:05:26
        
        Interesting... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 14:38:23
  - Bit worse than that it would seem (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 13, 11:45:02
  - Like I said, Teresa May AGAIN!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:42:54
- Anyone going anywhere near London for the next 6 weeks is mad!! (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:26:42
  - does fulham away count (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 11:28:07
    - Does in my book but then I wouldn't be going from here anyway. I can afford to be smug (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:31:12
- And a navy warship up the Thames. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 13, 11:22:57
  - nothing is wrong with that security firm, the government. . (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:29:39
    - Nothing is wrong with them - apart from repeatedly harming and killing people in custody. (n/m) (NCFC) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 13, 12:37:25
  - Did you know? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 13, 11:27:54
  - A Navy warship up one's Thames sounds very uncomfortable (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:27:17

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