EDITOR'S NOTES | Issue 6-46
publication date: Nov 24, 2008
Last week, we brought you a case in which a mistyped e-mail address was to blame for a late bid submission. This week, a corrupt e-mail attachment is the culprit in a similar case. In this age of increased dependence on technology for day-to-day business interactions, these cases serve as good reminders to never put blind trust in technology’s reliability, especially when your business is on the line. Timely follow-up, the old-fashioned way, will never go out of style.
Because technology has expanded our abilities to communicate with the world, the business world has become much smaller, figuratively speaking. When a foreign company presents the low bid on a federal government project, should that organization be subject to the same regulations that apply to domestic firms? That is the question alluded to, but left unanswered in a bid protest involving a foreign low bidder twice reprimanded by its own government for bid rigging.
This week’s final case pits an unpaid contractor against a public entity on a mechanic’s lien. The work was performed on private property that was subsequently conveyed to a public interest. As a result, the mechanic’s lien failed.
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