Any time the government is the customer, the price will be outrageous, sometimes due to corruption/graft, and someone’s due to vastly more at pecs paperwork and compliance costs.
A friend had a truss company. Bid trusses for a health care facility where the state was the building department. Lost his butt on all the extra work, SE stamp, etc. Next time one came along, bid at 3x as a polite form of no bid, got it anyway!
At pecs = specs. Stupid Android