But when it's in a closed system that no one can see, that people can't judge and say, well, hey, you know, you gave that contract away for so much more money and it's a sole source contract.
When companies compete to build military hardware, they expect that once a contract is won they will be the sole supplier of a weapon system for a decade or longer.
Despite that, Yorkshire agreed a two-year contract with him after Sussex confirmed fellow Pakistani Mushtaq Ahmed would be their sole overseas player for 2008.
In the case of Dr. Howard the extra step, that a less thorough planner might have neglected was the employment contract between Dr. Howard, the dentist and the Howard Corporation of which he was the sole shareholder.