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As an example:

A guy I know runs a paper supply company. They started into the process of getting approved by the locality over a year ago for a new agency. He said they put in several hundred man hours just in that. They were one of 8-9 companies trying to get this work and hence going through this process. So... we're looking at thousands of man hours on the government side to wade through the hundreds of man hours of eyewash prepared by the 8-9 companies(much less actully conceive and prepare the layers of crap).



Then, he was one of two that actually survived the BS approval process (his words) and they were eventually awarded the work. They charge more to them than they would a private company(to help offset the money wasted in the BS) and because they can. The government agency has no reason to replace them now, their costs are factored into the budget and that's all the agency cares about. Not to mention it would take another 18 month round of BS to find a suitor and neither side is interested in that again.

None of this happens in normal business (allowing for big business which is not much different than government), a couple meetings and some due diligence on the purchasing agents part and a decision would be made. An efficiency gain of several magnitudes. And if the supplier starts gouging or lets them down he just goes to file and calls another supplier. Seems so simple.