Having been contracted for a while to work in a very huge (IMO) project, I recently came to know that the project is up for tender again.
Because the financial requirements for the project is greater than EPPU S3 category, which is equivalent to a few million, of which my business do not qualify for, I have sought out a MNC to collaborate on bidding together for this project.
In addition, I have asked for a reference from one of the employees working on the project, just to say that I have previously been contracted on the project. Below are my mails and the replies.
>Hi [removed],>>I think I may have stated my intentions wrongly. I am not asking you to >recommend me or anything else. All I am asking is that if someone asked for a >reference, would you be able to say that I have worked on the project for > before?>>At 12:01 26/04/2004, you wrote:>>Dear [removed]>>There will be a conflict of interest - as [removed] is calling an open tender, >[removed] staff must remain impartial and must also be seen to be so. Hope >you understand. >>Yours sincerely>[removed]>>Hi [removed],>>I spoke earlier to you on the phone.>>I have looked at the tender at gebiz. As I am not able to fulfill>the financial requirement category, I have called [a MNC] to see >if they're interested in working together with my company in tendering for >the project.>>Should they require a reference from [removed], could you be the reference for >me?