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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.
The companies that want to bid for the government orders need to form teams of 3 to 8 7 contractors, and apply together creating a Government Order Bid.
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Tiers
Depending on your company size, you are assigned to a Tier. in general, the higher the tier number the more resources you need to deliver to fulfill the order, however, the number of your team members, contractors, on your applicatoin application and their tier also determines how much you are delivering.
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The bid screen shows exactly how much each contractor has to deliver.
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The “per unit of” means the price the Government is going to pay for each resource when the Government Order is awarded. In the image below “per unit of Sneakers Q1” with $19; means the Government will pay the team members $19 for Q1 Sneakers. Will pay $31 for Q0 Dress. Will pay $10 per Q3 Underwear. Will pay $10 for Q3 Fabric.
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Reward
The main contractor, the company that is creating the Government Order Bid, determines what compensation the team is getting for each resource. The reward is split between the contractors depending on the amounts they are delivering based of their respective Tier.
Government Order bids with low buyot buyout prices are awarded first.
The reward is paid if the Government Order Bid was awarded and the contractor delivers the required amount. The reward is paid rightaway right away on the delivery, even if other contractors did not fulfill their part yet.
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Deposit
Each contractor has to put down deposit. The deposit is returned once ALL contractors on the bid, in the team, ; delivered the required amounts.
The deposits are taken , at the time of Government Order Bid is being awarded. If any of the contractors doesn’t have enough cash, the whole bid is disqualified.
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Fulfillment
Once the bid; you are contractor on is awarded, you can simply click to deliver the resources against it. The reward is paid right awayimmediately. The deposit is returned once all contractors on your bid deliver.
There is a time limit, in days, on how much time you have to deliver against the order.
The quality shown on the items is the minimum quality that is needed.
If Q1 is listed you can fulfill the order with Q1+
If Q2 is listed you can fulfill the order with Q2+
and so on
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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.
The amounts are determined by the tier and split between contractors on your bid.
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 found in the Building icon on the far right of the top row.
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The selection (awarding) process
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The bids with the lowest price win, obviously, the government wants to save money.
One Once the awarding is done, the government publishes the amount which was ordered in all awarded bids.
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Risks and considerations
Make sure you know your partners you are entering the Government Order Bid with. The more companies you have on the application, the less you have to deliver. While the benefits are great, there are risks you should be aware of:
if If one of the other contrators doesn’t contractors does not have cash to cover their deposit, your bid is not considered and awarded.
if If one of the other contractors doesn’t deliver, you lose your deposit.
the The main contractor, the company that set up the bid, can attempt to change bid prices without discussing it with you.
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Recap
Your company must be level 20+ to apply.
You need to form teams/bids with 3-8 7 companies.
The lower your price , the (bid), the higher chance your bid will be awarded.
You need to be have cash for the deposit ready when the bids are being considered for awarding.
You need to fulfill in time to get reward.
Every contractor on your bid needs to fulfill in time for anyone to get the deposit back.
Can apply to one team per Government Order.
13:00 UTC - New government orders posted (Wednesday)
13:00 UTC - Government orders awarded (Monday)
Bids are locked 24 hours before the bid ending period. This is to protect sub-contractors from last minute bid changes.
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Helpful articles from our local newspaper The Sim Companies Times:
The Eye of the Gov Order - Part I and Part II (both in same newspaper)
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