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Great Government procurement procedures

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Government House in Perth. One from Greece, another from Russia and the third, Turkey. They go with a Government House official to examine the fence.

The Turkish contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Russian contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Greek contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the Government House official and whispers, "$2,700"

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys!

How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Greek contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Russia to fix the fence."

"Done!", replies the government official.

And that my friends, is how it all works!!!