> What's the point of "awarding a cloud contract" to a single entity when from the perspective of commodification when the government can instead use all cloud

> What's the point of "awarding a cloud contract" to a single entity when from the perspective of commodification when the government can instead use all cloud providers (maybe in different proportions though) at the same time? Because it's really hard to train technical staff, certify the security of, and harden your attack vectors on one platform let alone doing it for 10 of them. These providers that handle gov data generally have isolated data-centers with more stringent security protocols, like making every employee have a security clearance. Doing that for more providers would increase costs exponentially for very little gain.