This is extraordinary, full-on “toys out of the box” behaviour from Amazon, on losing out on a military contract. Procurement nerds will raise several eyebrows.
This should become a core tech for tech ethics and gov tech practitioners. An absolute master class in supplier entitlement.
*text* obvs
Anyway, I have no idea who is right or wrong here (if anyone), but if this is what happens when both process and respect breakdown, I anticipate some interesting times ahead in the UK, as any kind of procurement process becomes a quaint historical practice theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
And - to square the circle on the day’s tweets - Amazon’s outraged response becomes doubly interesting as the UK govt starts looking to state aid to cultivate a home-grown tech industry
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