They would probably get in trouble for performing work which the government representative (Contracting Officer) had not authorized. The larger issue is that t

They would probably get in trouble for performing work which the government representative (Contracting Officer) had not authorized. The larger issue is that the government is not setup to move quickly, and for the majority of things the government does oversight is a good thing. That level of process does make it hard to do things like this efficiently, but it's all about trade-offs.