I never quite understood how competitive bidding processes usually end up with similar outcomes.
If you personally need a Dell server, you go to dell.com and buy it.
If the government needs a Dell server, they start a tendering and bidding process and will end up paying double for the same server through some middleman who buys the server from Dell and resells to the government for double the price because they're good at writing bids for government projects.
Quite why there isn't competition I don't know. Maybe writing bids really is that expensive? Or maybe there is just collusion?
If you personally need a Dell server, you go to dell.com and buy it.
If the government needs a Dell server, they start a tendering and bidding process and will end up paying double for the same server through some middleman who buys the server from Dell and resells to the government for double the price because they're good at writing bids for government projects.
Quite why there isn't competition I don't know. Maybe writing bids really is that expensive? Or maybe there is just collusion?