Sounds like the Administration/ Pentagon wants some sort of "SpaceX is good" certification, which is pretty much counter to everything military procurement is designed to do. The process is designed to be resistant to outside political pressure. In this case it is bad, as SpaceX most likely has the technological ability to compete with incumbents. But I think we could all easily imagine opposite cases where caving to political pressure is bad.

Of course the system isn't perfect, and politics still plays a major in role in program funding. But it could be worse.