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Second letter from failed bidder urges review of Victoria's myki overhaul contract (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago by bui@lemm.ee to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] bui@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't find a source but it was decided that the original Myki should be built as a custom solution at a greater expense and with a slower rollout even though there were already off-the-shelf solutions that were working around the world that would have been faster and cheaper to implement.

[–] cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah you're right, that sounds shady too.