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If I had to guess, it is because the working culture of public organizations (often a lack of motivation/incentive due to lack of competition), combined with te
by throwawaysea 6y ago
If I had to guess, it is because the working culture of public organizations (often a lack of motivation/incentive due to lack of competition), combined with tenure-based job security, and artificial constraints (pay structures/levels that don't align with the competitive market) mean that someone like the DoD can't really get something like this done. They wouldn't be able to hire the right talent. If they did hire talent, that talent would need to work in the shadow of existing hierarchies/authorities that aren't suited for the role. Not to mention that bidding processes like LPTA (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable) would hinder procurement with a lot of red tape and poor decision making.
TLDR, because they aren't set up for success like private organizations.
- jbay808 6y agoI would guess it's less likely to be this, and more likely to be purchasing rules in place that ask them to by default place bids for private organizations to carry out work to meet specifications, and only bring it in-house under exceptional cases or where the bids are very uncompetitive. These rules often exist as a means of ensuring fairness, as an anti-corruption measure, or to provide enough business to maintain a robust network of private contractors.
- Traster 6y agoOr, you know, it's pretty expensive to run the aircraft carriers and army that ensure the safety of the worlds richest nation using the worlds strongest army in history.