And for projects internal to companies, there is usually no market or bidding (last time I heard of, anyway): here's the department's budget, go and deliver. Yo

And for projects internal to companies, there is usually no market or bidding (last time I heard of, anyway): here's the department's budget, go and deliver. You didn't manage to spend all of it? Next quarter, we're cutting your budget, and giving you a bigger project. Oh no, now you've overspent? Well, that's your fault really. As the proverbial wisdom goes, "to improve a dairy's profits you'd need the cows to give more milk and eat less food, so feed them less and milk more often".