> Contracts go to the companies good at winning contracts, not necessarily the best company to do the job. This is worth a deeper explanation. "Good at winning

> Contracts go to the companies good at winning contracts, not necessarily the best company to do the job. This is worth a deeper explanation. "Good at winning contracts" involves a lot of things that have nothing to do with the ability to do the job. From legislated preferences for "minority- and women-owned" businesses (which is usually a farce), to kickbacks to the bureaucrats who award the contracts, there are a LOT of reasons why government hiring "private" companies to do work goes wrong.