Because they're a business that will charge as much as they can absolutely get away with and will do their best to make the project and maintenance costs as blo

Because they're a business that will charge as much as they can absolutely get away with and will do their best to make the project and maintenance costs as bloated as possible. The question is why there aren't people in the government with either the technical ability or the political clout to audit and push back at any point in the project.