@X_net Meanwhile, the technology is being selected without a public tender process AT ALL!
A 2014 EU directive requires tenders be made small & individual, not big bundles, trying to make it possible for small firms to compete.
The map shows the distribution 10y later. (Green is not 100%, the highest is 50%)
NO ONE is adhering to the directive. Across the board, tenders are made HUGE and impossible to be fulfilled by local vendors. Only big multinationals can deliver these oversized tenders.
@X_net Something that may be under-utilized in #TechProcurement is that you don鈥檛 have to always just do the cheapest. You can have other criteria (gender equity, privacy, etc.)
Writing the tenders FOR the policymakers may be a way to make it easier for them. We can鈥檛 let #BigTech (or more accurately #BigAdvertizing) write the rules of the game.
#MakeItEasyToDoTheRightThing