Procurement Process Quotes

Procurement is a major technique of state subsidy.

When you went into a Boston Chicken and ordered quarter-chicken, white, with mash and corn, when that was rung up, that would signal all the way along the supply chain the need for more potatoes to be put on a truck a thousand miles away.

We buy products for our military and they come in at costs that are so far above what they were supposed to be, because we don't have people that know what they're doing.

I recall a lecture by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. When asked what went through his mind while he was crouched in the rocket nose-cone, awaiting blast-off, he replied, "I was thinking that the rocket has 20,000 components, and each was made by the lowest bidder."

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.

I was just visited by a constituent of mine who runs a company that provides services that your agency might use and I would like someone to meet and tell them if there are any opportunities for them. I personally do not know the quality of their work, and I of course do not want any special favor or consideration for them. I have told them that I will only help them identify Federal opportunities but to win any work they must be the best company and the low bidder.

In theory, the rules are strict enough to preclude all discretion that might corrupt the process. In practice they enable misguided, unsure, stubborn, or biased procurement officials to justify any decision.

I am saying this with a certain sense of confidence and not arrogance. The defence ministry is being run without any middleman and in a transparent way. We have proved that defence procurement can happen without middlemen.

A new procurement policy had to be brought in 2016. Subsequent to it, procurement has gone up rapidly.

Government technology processes are mind-boggling long and complicated. A procurement process alone is typically two years, and that doesn't account for the time required to actually build the product.

In the name of "reform" Congress now has its hand in virtually every aspect of military procurement.

Why should I build an asset when I can buy it more cheaply than you can build it?

The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002.

Our long-standing philosophy that our diverse suppliers must provide high-quality goods and services at competitive prices adds great value to our business.

I've witnessed firsthand the critical role suppliers - and especially the best ones - play in Boeing's success.