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The problem in a nutshellYou forget the private IT companies bidding for Govt contracts for DWP, HMRC & NHS
Worked for quite a few of the private companies on Govt contracts for ALL of the above industries for 20 years.
The govt get ripped off right, left & centre on cost, delivery dates, what is actually produced etc etc.
The main reason IMO was that the Govt departments awarding the contracts (and high placed individuals in particular) had no business acumen. They had been nowhere & done nothing except for being civil servants. Their due diligence is no more lip-service in most cases
We rang ring around them on cost, deliverables, timescales .
I don't work for them now but it seems nothing has changed.
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