Swiss Court Halts Non-Competitive Contract With Microsoft

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 28, 2009 @07:43AM from the order-and-law dept.

Ade writes "Looks like the challenge to the Swiss Administrative Court concerning the government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding was successful: The court has issued a temporary injunction (note: article in German) against the Federal Office of Buildings and Logistics (BBL), effectively stopping the CHF 14M (£8M; $15M)-contract to deliver licenses and support for software used on government computers for the next three years. According to Swiss Government practices, any contract over CHF 50'000 has to undergo a public call for offers. The BBL cited 'no serious alternatives' as the reason which this contract never did."

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Re:But they may (sadly) have been right by Anonymous Coward · 2009-05-28 08:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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