Not at all. Most govt. contracts work like this: Govt. opens a Request For Proposal on FedBizOps [0], vendors review the proposal, ask questions, govt. tries to

Not at all. Most govt. contracts work like this: Govt. opens a Request For Proposal on FedBizOps [0], vendors review the proposal, ask questions, govt. tries to answer all questions from all vendors and releases all answers again on [0]. Then vendors submit their proposals with written explanation of how they'll do the work, also, they are required to submit how much it will cost the govt. When the proposal date closes, the govt. sets up a review board that goes through all the proposals by vendors and reviews them based on competency and price. This review panel picks one vendor to win the proposal. [0] - https://www.fbo.gov/ https://www.fbo.gov/