tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post233636749890369767..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Might Bombardier yet 'bomb' Siemens 'off the map'?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-70732511229599541932011-08-14T08:27:42.738-07:002011-08-14T08:27:42.738-07:00zc: I doubt it - they will still get the contract....zc: I doubt it - they will still get the contract.........WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-24334108293974576972011-08-14T04:34:11.651-07:002011-08-14T04:34:11.651-07:00bad news for seimensbad news for seimenszip codeshttp://www.zipcodeedo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-63493740427102960202011-08-12T09:03:20.889-07:002011-08-12T09:03:20.889-07:00JH: We all will.....
BJ: I'm sure it will run...JH: We all will.....<br /><br />BJ: I'm sure it will run - on rails the government lays............<br /><br />In other words a blanket will descend on this story.<br /><br />c: Yup, saw that piece and posted about it earlier this month.<br /><br />TGM: Bombadier have a big works in Derby with lay-offs now being implemented......? Or is that not what you call a factory?<br /><br />You point about the tendering process being rather 'murky' is well made - likewise the possibility there has been a trade off.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-39333455505461530762011-08-12T03:22:39.003-07:002011-08-12T03:22:39.003-07:00I think I must be missing something here. Siemens ...I think I must be missing something here. Siemens AG is a German company with factories in the UK, Bombadier is a Canadian company based "across the water" and without any factories that I am aware of in the UK or the EU. Siemens "bogies" aren't yet in production so the award of a contract to them does seem strange, but could be about keeping jobs in the EU rather than abroad. OK, that's being charitable.<br /><br />The other half of this that doesn't make sense is the bit about the Civil Service having entered in to a tendering process... They don't. The system is to pick two or three "preferred bidders" off a Treasury created list. Let them write the specification for you, go to lots of meetings with them (and probably a few really nice dinners, a football match or three and ...) and then get the secretary in the office to pick the winning bidder out of the hat - or even better, use the "Buggins Turn" selection process.<br /><br />I would suspect that there is a pay-off from Siemens on some other kit the Civil Service has ordered on a poor or badly written spec and Siemens have got this contract on the basis of "OK, we'll fix that one and won't charge you for it, if we get this contract and can load it a bit to cover ..."<br /><br />Britain's greatest enemy is right there in Whitehall. Five million of them.The Gray Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243748164095781725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-69305082957764286852011-08-11T16:05:00.148-07:002011-08-11T16:05:00.148-07:00The possibility that 'incentives' may have...The possibility that 'incentives' may have been part of the award of this contract can't be ruled out. Siemens have a bit of previous.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/16/regulation-siemens-scandal-bribery<br /><br />It seems a more likely explanation of the pig-headed determination to go along with this contract than a simple desire to be 'Good Europeans'.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-45449541504358637032011-08-11T15:29:53.369-07:002011-08-11T15:29:53.369-07:00The hugely arrogant and overpaid Bob Crowe is neve...The hugely arrogant and overpaid Bob Crowe is never going to be hugely popular - but his anti-EU credentials are impeccable.<br /><br />I only want to be free of the EU and I don't care who takes us out - Conservative, Labour, or the Monster Raving Loony Party.<br /><br />The Bombardier/Siemens issue is now the tip of a very broad arrow.<br />At last the general population are beginning to wonder what's in it for us.<br /><br />As JH suggests - this one's going to run.<br /><br />Thanks to you WfW and Mr Spalton for bringing this to our notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-22155415670292965252011-08-11T14:47:10.148-07:002011-08-11T14:47:10.148-07:00Keep your eye on this space.Keep your eye on this space.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com