Brett Sheffield (he/him) on Nostr: When the technical requirements are written such that they require features only ...

When the technical requirements are written such that they require features only provided by $vendor, then any detailed assessment will conclude that $vendor is the best option and that other services cannot compete.

Governments everywhere have long used this technique for tendering. It's how corruption can exist in the face of a "fair" tendering process.

For SIDN to conclude that there is no hosting in the EU that can meet their requirements says that their requirements are wrong.