Re:bid evaluation (Score 1)

Excellent explanation of your thought process when selecting a bid. I, being on the other side of the coin (Partner in software company), am always interested in what goes on through your minds. I especially was interested in your comments about technology and dress code. I must disagree (nicely of course) with your point about 7 developers being prefered over 4 for a relatively low cost project. I am not sure where there is money to be made by the vendor for that many resources (unless it is a 2-3 week job). Also two good programmers are much much better than 7 mainly junior ones and I am presuming most of them are junior for the kind of money we are talking about ($74,000). Also part of the reaon you outsource is that if one of the developers leaves, it is up to the vendor to replace the resource with equal talent from his resourse pool. We just signed a deal (5 - 6 month job) for $250,000.00 (US) and we plan to use only 3 full-time resources (Project manager + 2 programmers) + 2 part time (QA and graphics designer). I would hate to have lost the job to someone who said they would provide 10 resources, because that clearly indicates that the vendor is not providing quality people based on cost and timelines.