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When the government needs to buy resources from the private sector, the players, it uses Government Orders (GO) to do so. You can think of these as tenders or procurement. To ensure fair order assignment, and cheap fulfillment, the government uses a form of auction, when picking which company to assign the order to.
While the large quantities effectively prohibit small companies to apply directly. The company that gets the government order awarded may need to sub-contract at least part of the order. You can reach out to the company that got the order and discuss subcontracting. The government orders are also a good indicator of future market movements.
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What resources is the government buying?
The government needs resources across all industries and in high quantities and certain qualities. The examples are 700 trucks for the Fire Department. 20,000 laptops for the IRS offices. Some orders may combine multiple different resources: 120,000 apples and 200,000 oranges for the Foreign Relief Office, or 300,000 units of petrol and 500,000 units of diesel for National Reserves.
More examples of possible GO’s:
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Where to find Government Orders?
Government Orders are located on the Exchange. They have their own section on the left at the very bottom of the list (under bonds).
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The selection (bidding) process
New government orders are published periodically and there is a 5-day window in which companies can place their bids. The bid is for how much is the company able, or willing to, fulfill the order. The bids remain secret and can be changed or cancelled anytime before the bidding period ends. The company with the lowest bid wins, obviously, the government wants to save money. Only companies level 20+ (Corporation) can place bids. The company value is also taken into account when considering if you will be able to fulfill the order. You can still participate as a subcontractor if your level is too low.
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The government reserves the right to cancel the government order if there aren't at least 3 bids or if there's a suspicion of the process being manipulated.
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Fulfillment period
The company the government order was awarded to has a certain time period to fulfill the order, this can be 3, 5 or 10 days. The order has to be fulfilled in full. If it fails to do so the government keeps the security deposit, additionally, the government agencies will not accept any bids from this company for the next 30 days.
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A failed Government Order will show a red X in the top right corner.
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Recap
Must be level 20+ to bid
Lowest bidder wins
Winner of bid needs to pay the security deposit (at the end of bidding process)
Fulfillment can be 3, 5, or 10 days (depending on the GO)
Fulfillment has to be in full (failure and the government keeps deposit – restricted from bidding for 30 days)
Once fulfilled; security deposit is returned and the original bid is rewarded
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