Your company requires the external provision of 7000 hours of specialized design services associated with a military contract that your company has. You have invited tenders. One of the potential suppliers has offered a co-located design team who would work alongside your designers. The supplier’s designers would use your IT systems and conform to your quality standards, working hours, and practices. It is known by the procurement team that your designers are paid 16 percent less than the co-located designers are paid. What are the arguments for and against the co-location?

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