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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 7 contractors, and apply together creating a Government Order Bid.⚠️Images to be added ⚠️
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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 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.
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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?
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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 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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Your company must be level 20+ to apply.
You need to form teams/bids with 3-7 companies.
The lower your price (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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