I wouldn't be so sure. One thing that working in government has taught me is that the bad contractors seem to be equal or greater proportion to the good. They

I wouldn't be so sure. One thing that working in government has taught me is that the bad contractors seem to be equal or greater proportion to the good. They would bid on something if they weren't going to find a way to make more than what the original contract was for because in the bid wars they often lower the bids so much they have to recoup somehow. In this case they probably did not build the recoup method into the contract and did it illegally. At least that's my theory.