[FACIL] Le gouvernement américain va expérimenter l'utilisation de "micro-transactions" pour acheter du code source par GitHub

[gabriel.cossette at gmail.com]

Bon vendredi!

18F, the digital services agency based within the US General Services  
Administration (GSA), is looking to experiment with "micro-transactions" to  
buy open source code through GitHub.

Here's how it will work:

"Specifically, we're going to use our "micro-purchase" authority. Like all  
federal agencies, 18F has the ability to use a "purchase card" to directly  
buy products and services, as long as the price does not exceed $3,500.
[...]
On Monday, October 26, we will tag a GitHub issue in the CALC repository  
with a "micro-purchase" tag. In the issue, we'll specify the acceptance  
criteria and a closing time. At that moment, the opening "bid" would be  
$3499, and companies would then have the ability to bid down the price.  
Whoever has the lowest bid at the closing time will have 10 working days to  
ship the code necessary to satisfy the criteria. If the criteria are met,  
the vendor gets paid. It's that easy. If the criteria aren't met, the next  
lowest bidder gets 10 working days to ship the code. In order to make this  
work, we will provide acceptance criteria, instead of requirements. This  
limits the possibility of misinterpretation and ensures the quality of  
delivery."

Full details here:

Open Source Micro-purchasing: An experiment in federal acquisition
https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/10/13/open-source-micropurchasing/

I heard that the BC government have been doing similar experiments  
lately... Let's watch those interesting initiatives closely :)


Gabriel Cossette

Conseiller technique, Architecture d'entreprise
Services partagés Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
gabriel.cossette at canada.ca / Tél. : 418 254-8558

Technical Advisor, Enterprise Architecture
Shared Services Canada / Government of Canada
gabriel.cossette at canada.ca / Tel: 418 254-8558
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