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The issue with this (like most things procurement related) is that a need arises, it's pushed up to procurement to fulfill that need, it becomes scrutinized to the point of incompetence, the procurement gets bogged down, and the troops end up paying out of pocket because the need hasn't gone away.If someone was cynical, they would assume the entire system was designed so nobody could ever be held accountable for any decision.
70K for new collar badges is a drop in the bucket, but 20 bucks a pair to a PI 3 Pte hitting the food bank in Kingston may be a Bridge Too Far.
I guarantee that this almost $4B going to Logistik Unicorps for operational clothing would have been better spent developing a "BOOTFORGEN"esque SoI criteria for troops to find their gear, order on Amazon, and get reimbursed for it.
But in all of this, it doesn't put money back in the coffers of TBS so it dies on the vine while Bloggins gets what he needs with his own King's Shilling.
Criminal