The expensive terms: Design authority
Design authority is one of the terms that has a decisive impact on the price of operating agreements. In this article, we will review why and what can replace it.
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The concept of “design authority” covers the right to design the actual infrastructure when entering into an operating agreement. The customer’s right to full control over how the infrastructure is to be designed is one of the terms that has a decisive impact on the price of the overall operating agreement.
In addition to higher prices, design authority will often entail a real risk that the quality of the service provided will be poorer than if the supplier’s standard setup is used.
If you want to have full control over how the infrastructure is designed, you should expect it to be more expensive.
In this article, we take a closer look at when design authority may be a necessity, and we suggest a number of alternative scenarios that make it possible to define the infrastructure setup yourself without requiring full design authority.