>IBM Canada was the only company to bid on the government's pay modernization project
If only ONE company bid on your project, then you honestly need to rethink it. Does the government really believe that IBM was the only company interested?
Any project that only receive one bid should be cancelled and rethought. If your payroll regulation is so complex that only one company wants to bid, then maybe you should address that issue first.
Governments are in many cases completely clueless about software and believe it's some magical sauce that once applied correctly will make up for poorly thought out and overly complex regulations introduced by the politicians. They fail to understand that the developers are required to understand the rules and procedures before they're able to implement them correctly.
It's not unusual for governments to create such project requirements that only one or two companies can bid on it. The "winning" company is known long before.
If only ONE company bid on your project, then you honestly need to rethink it. Does the government really believe that IBM was the only company interested?
Any project that only receive one bid should be cancelled and rethought. If your payroll regulation is so complex that only one company wants to bid, then maybe you should address that issue first.
Governments are in many cases completely clueless about software and believe it's some magical sauce that once applied correctly will make up for poorly thought out and overly complex regulations introduced by the politicians. They fail to understand that the developers are required to understand the rules and procedures before they're able to implement them correctly.