reader Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 From Bangkok Post A sole remaining bidder is expected to receive a contract from the Bangkok Mass Transit authority to supply 489 natural gas fiueled busses. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1375175/as-10-firms-bail-jv-last-man-standing-in-bangkok-bus-bid?utm_source=bangkopost.com&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=most_recent_box ChristianPFC 1 Quote
NIrishGuy Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 What horrible person would order 489 buses without any thought to us poor OCD types who are screaming that that number ordered should of course have been 500 !!! reader 1 Quote
PeterRS Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 I fail to understand how 10 bidders can voluntarily pull out of a tender leaving just one to get the contract. Naturally it is a Chinese company! In answer to NIrishguys question, perhaps 489 is a lucky number in Chinese thinking! Quote
steveboy Posted December 31, 2017 Posted December 31, 2017 What horrible person would order 489 buses without any thought to us poor OCD types who are screaming that that number ordered should of course have been 500 !!! Maybe the people in procurement did run a complex algorithm that processed a bunch of statistical parameters, and the program spit out "489". These people then thought that it had to be this number for them to be right. Quote
