No the process to procure a contract is broken. What doesn't seem to be broken, at least from my perspective, is how you manage the contract once it's been won. I have a background in which I was responsible for putting out an RFP, grading the vendors, granting the contract, etc.

Unfortunately there are still a LOT of people in state government and elsewhere, whose eyes glaze over at the simple mention of IT. For them, it's a relief when you hear names like Oracle or IBM or Microsoft who win contracts. "Surely I've heard of Oracle. They're a big technology company and surely they'll know what they're doing". Relief ensues because NO REGULAR PEOPLE WANT THE BURDEN OF MANAGING AN IT PROJECT.