Agreed that we see a problem of sweetheart deals in 'sole-source' contracts breeding political paybacks, but most competitive bid contracts make costs much less as the private sector can get the job done sooo much better than gov't employees can.
We have a government that is too big to be honest. Even if it were the most moral, ethical and careful government in the history of the world its reach and scope are so broad that it cannot know what it is doing.