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Re:Why Taxpayers Pay McKinsey $3M a Year for a Recent Colleg... by tootie on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:34PM (#21714879)
The piece I don't get is why the agencies didn't revolt. I get how it's a warped incentive for the GSA but isn't the GSA working at the behest of agencies like ICE? Shouldn't ICE be up in arms that their budget is being squandered?
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Re:Why Taxpayers Pay McKinsey $3M a Year for a Recent Colleg... by csa on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:25PM (#21716110)
Oversimplified answer...

Because the agencies were (and still are) told that they must use GSA first. The theory is that GSA market will provide a competitive price or that the GSA sole source will be a competitive price.

Reality does not match the theory.

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