> government agencies literally telling us they can't tell us any requirements at all because that would give us an advantage over other firms somehow. To be f

> government agencies literally telling us they can't tell us any requirements at all because that would give us an advantage over other firms somehow. To be fair, what that really means is that the contractors that they want to win already know the requirements, and that's the closest way they can get to impartially telling you to fuck off. Generally, that response connotes that the bid is tailored to contractors already doing work with the agency in question, who are not only intimately aware of the request for proposal, but likely had a hand in its creation.