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[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But in reality these contracts are know for over runs as grifters under bid and then pile on after government entity is locked in.

Same thing happens in b2b too but once paper is signed and people are emotio invested the guy who made decision essentially protecting bad vendor.

[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the classic under bid, over promise scenario happens constantly, but it works because it looks good on paper which is all the bureaucrats care about.