Smooth government procurement
from Digital Public Goods QF Experiments in the Government
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The "smooth" part Audrey Tang refers to is the flexible, step-free cooperation that emerges between the government and the civil sector.
The traditional government procurement or grant system tends to be a zero-one structure where "only one vendor wins the bid and that's it," but with the introduction of Quadratic Funding and a prize-type approach,
While the government funds the project,
Easier to maintain autonomy and independence on the part of the project and community
This makes it easier to combine the advantages of both.
In other words, a "just-right" situation is created, which Audrey describes as "smooth": government support is provided, but it is up to the private sector and citizens to decide how to do things. As a result, a new model of collaboration is likely to emerge, one in which government and citizens continue to work together.
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