Some people are working on it, but startups are DOA for government work because they can't survive the absolutely grueling proposal process. It isn't about the

Some people are working on it, but startups are DOA for government work because they can't survive the absolutely grueling proposal process. It isn't about the tech at all, it is about getting the contracts. To pick those 15 companies, you would still need a proposal system, a validation system, an auditing system. Because the scope would be small and doable, and 15 independent contracts going out -- tens of thousands would flood in with proposals. Now you created a brand new problem, now you can't even START the contract, because picking winners has become to onerous. The reason government gets so bogged down is an attempt at fairness and legal constraints in how they work -- the problems are actually really complex, even for stuff that seems simple on the surface.