I hope you don't really view the world in a black & white narrative pitting the evil bloated government against sprightly nimble innovative companies. Bureaucracy, bloat, waste & failure exists in both the public & private sector. Heck a lot of people are driven to startups because of the dysfunction they've found in other private sector jobs. It's also silly to think this way when you realize that most large government programs involve private contractors doing some, most or all of the actual work.
As far as delivering more value, a lot of economies of scale are thanks to technological advances. A lot of technological advances can be credited to expensive governmental programs that were springboards the private sector was later able to launch off of.
As far as delivering more value, a lot of economies of scale are thanks to technological advances. A lot of technological advances can be credited to expensive governmental programs that were springboards the private sector was later able to launch off of.