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Gfleming at 20:33, 23 October 2019

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South African IT procurement, amongst many other factors and regulations, is governed by these principles
* Functionality
* Cost containment
* Open Source (FOSS)

An OPEN tender or quotation process must be followed in these circumstances
* new requirements
* the end of an ELA or SLA

These are the basic steps that ANY government entity is supposed to follow
* conduct a process to determine functional and non-functional requirements and write these up as formal ToR (Terms of Reference)
* you may not mention a product or brand OR structure the ToR so they fit a brand or vendor
* a 'licence' is not a functional requirement and therefore has no place in a ToR
* put these out to OPEN tender or quotation (depending on size) via the CSD (Central Supplier Database) so they appear on the [https://etenders.treasury.gov.za/ | eTender portal]
* if a FOSS-based bid is submitted and is considered responsive, it has to be adjudicated fairly along with any other bid. If it comes out with the best score (technical+price+BEE) then naturally it must be selected.

* there is NO justification for hanging on to a proprietary system
*
* the early stages of a FOSS contract should include a managed migration process, of systems and users.

=References=

==FOSS policy in South Africa==

* http://gissa.org.za/special-interest-groups/open-source
* http://gissa.org.za/special-interest-groups/open-source/foss-documents
* http://www.dpsa.gov.za/dpsa2g/egov_documents.asp

==Some International FOSS policy and case studies==

* [Case_Studies#Open_Source_Policies]

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-South African IT procurement, amongst many other factors and regulations, is governed by these principles
+It needs to be made clear to SCM heads, City Managers and anyone else in the decision chain that:
 * Functionality
 * Cost containment
 * Open Source (FOSS)
-An OPEN tender or quotation process must be followed in these circumstances
+==An OPEN tender or quotation process must be followed in these circumstances==
 * new requirements
 * the end of an ELA or SLA
-These are the basic steps that ANY government entity is supposed to follow
+==These are the basic steps that ANY government entity is supposed to follow==
 * conduct a process to determine functional and non-functional requirements and write these up as formal ToR (Terms of Reference)
-   * you may not mention a product or brand OR structure the ToR so they fit a brand or vendor
+   * you may not mention a product or brand OR structure the ToR so they are biased towards a brand or vendor
    * a 'licence' is not a functional requirement and therefore has no place in a ToR
-* put these out to OPEN tender or quotation (depending on size) via the CSD (Central Supplier Database) so they appear on the [https://etenders.treasury.gov.za/ | eTender portal]
+* put these ToR to OPEN tender or quotation (depending on size) via the CSD (Central Supplier Database) so they appear on the [https://etenders.treasury.gov.za/ | eTender portal]
 * if a FOSS-based bid is submitted and is considered responsive, it has to be adjudicated fairly along with any other bid. If it comes out with the best score (technical+price+BEE) then naturally it must be selected.
 * there is NO justification for hanging on to a proprietary system
+   * 'sunk-cost fallacy'
-* the early stages of a FOSS contract should include a managed migration process, of systems and users.
+* the early stages of a FOSS contract should include a managed migration process, of systems and users, from whatever systems existed before. If the previous systems were designed properly (service-based, interoperable, etc.) this should not be a problem.

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