[hsuduebc2]

"Most people don’t realize, but the vast majority of government opportunities are only released to a subset of organizations called “prime contractors”." How this works? This must produce less competition and therefore worse product/prices. It is exchange for making things easier for government or why? This is literally illegal in country where I came from (middle sized EU country).

[weilandia]

Yep, this is an effort to make it easier for the government. By pre-approving contractors, they have fewer people they have to deal with. To be clear, anyone can become a prime contractor I.e. get access. It can just be pretty confusing and opportunities to apply for certain contracts can be as long as 10 years apart.