to Federal government agencies.

EVERYTHING.

There are pretty strict purchasing guidelines that require buying from only authorized vendors. Those authorized vendors typically have high markups. It's been that way and it's that way by design. Unfortunately the media paints a different picture.

The reality is that our tax dollars are effectively working to keep a lot of small/smaller businesses IN business. So I get kinda peeved when they frame it wrong. It's really not as cut and dry as that....