dear miguel, On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Miguel Vidal <mvidal at flossystems.com> wrote: > On 09/11/15 13:54, Federico Michele Facca wrote: > > Dear Miguel, > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Miguel Vidal <mvidal at flossystems.com > > <mailto:mvidal at flossystems.com>> wrote: > > > > > why not? if rent a dell xxx model, you should be able to know also the > > purchase cost. > > i.e., you should be able to ask the company making you the offer (or > > alternative providers) to provide > > cost of purchase as comparison as well. > > > > Because in our case the renting service is a "package" (including > networking equipment, electrical supply, rack space, and hardware > itself) and the cost of each item is unknown and we don’t know if our > provider will disclose to us. Must we break down cost of each item or it > may be considered part of the equipment purchase? > > said that on financial matters the EC offices are the ultimate experts, and you should consult with them on the matter, i think it is clear you need to be able to demonstrate that. if not your choice as, by financial guidelines, may not be justifiable. > According to Financial Guide (page 31), it's not clear: > > “Sometimes the purchase of equipment or consumables is associated with > the provision of a service. Depending on the nature of the services > provided, they may be considered subcontracts or part of the equipment > purchase. If the service is part of the "package" of equipment purchase > then it will be considered to be part of the equipment purchase." > > We’re concerned about not be able to justify renting costs exceeding the > costs of purchase equipment due to our renting costs include more items > than hardware itself, like networking equipment, electrical supply, and > rack space (colocation). > I suggest really to get in contact with EC financial offices. For self-owned infrastructures what you include in the list will be considered in the overhead costs, so this make difficult any comparison with potential other self-owning infrastructure proposers which will not include such costs. Best, Federico > > Thanks! > > --m > > -- > /*****************************************/ > /* Miguel Vidal - Twitter: @mvidallopez */ > /* FLOSSystems - http://flossystems.com */ > /* Open Source Systems Engineering */ > /*****************************************/ > -- Future Internet is closer than you think! http://www.fiware.org Official Mirantis partner for OpenStack Training https://www.create-net.org/community/openstack-training -- Dr. Federico M. Facca CREATE-NET Via alla Cascata 56/D 38123 Povo Trento (Italy) P +39 0461 312471 M +39 334 6049758 E federico.facca at create-net.org T @chicco785 W www.create-net.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-opencall-help/attachments/20151109/a3133ec3/attachment.html>
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