🏛️ Public Sector & GovTech · Digital Services

Run technology procurement that avoids lock-in

Open standards, exit clauses, data portability, and evaluation weighting beyond lowest bid.

advanced~45 minCivic TechnologistsProgram ManagersPolicy Analysts

Steps

1Specify outcomes and open standards, not brand names
2Require data export in documented formats as contract condition
3Weight total-cost-of-ownership over N years, incl. exit costs
4Score maintainability and team transferability in evaluation
5Include government-held IP/reuse rights for custom builds
6Pilot before enterprise award whenever legally possible

Common Pitfalls

▲Proprietary formats making exit cost infinite
▲Lowest-bid winners unable to actually deliver

Commands

Install with skills CLI

$ npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill digital-services-public-interest-procurement

Install globally

$ npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill digital-services-public-interest-procurement -g

Tags

#procurement#vendor#lock-in#public-sector#digital-services

Install this skill

$ npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill digital-services-public-interest-procurement -a opencode

SKILL.md

# Run technology procurement that avoids lock-in

> Open standards, exit clauses, data portability, and evaluation weighting beyond lowest bid.

## When to Use This Skill

Open standards, exit clauses, data portability, and evaluation weighting beyond lowest bid.

## Steps

1. Specify outcomes and open standards, not brand names
2. Require data export in documented formats as contract condition
3. Weight total-cost-of-ownership over N years, incl. exit costs
4. Score maintainability and team transferability in evaluation
5. Include government-held IP/reuse rights for custom builds
6. Pilot before enterprise award whenever legally possible

## Common Pitfalls

- Proprietary formats making exit cost infinite
- Lowest-bid winners unable to actually deliver

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