Another thing recently is someone asking where the NEC versions of eg anti-collusion certificates were located. They aren't. It then struck me, why do we have things like this from tenders basically saying, "...guvnor, we promise we have not broken the law...". Why would we want to do this, what on earth does it add to anything? Doesn't collusion = corruption = fraud = criminal offence (=maybe 3 good meals a day and an Xbox?!), or at least something along those lines?
There are a million certificates we could write promising not to break the law or act in a completely wrong manner. What is the point?
The intelligent client needs to weed out bad suppliers - maybe ask about Court convictions or the like for collusion, corruption, bungs and whatever else takes your fancy. Maybe this takes out the baddies from the tendering process and makes other smarten their act up. One thing I can say, it's a little bit late to find that you are in contract with someone who turns out has colluded, maybe good grounds for termination but the damage is done.
If we have legal/moral/ethical and other standards that suppliers must match up to before even been given a chance to tender, stick that stake in the ground and sort out those who can, from those who can't match up to such standards.
Rob
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