Procurement attorney here. This is so incredibly true that the government has to actively encourage contracting officers not to issue LPTA (lowest price technically acceptable) solicitations. It was a whole initiative a few years ago.
These contracts can work, and better than running it in-house (using gov’t employees), but you really have to write your contracts carefully.
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Procurement attorney here. This is so incredibly true that the government has to actively encourage contracting officers not to issue LPTA (lowest price technically acceptable) solicitations. It was a whole initiative a few years ago.
These contracts can work, and better than running it in-house (using gov’t employees), but you really have to write your contracts carefully.