This is a similar question, based on the issue with resource swapping whereby, let's say, less qualified resources end up working on the project. You thought you were getting the all-star lineup and instead you got the third-string.
What's the likelihood that, at the end of the day, the product the government procured was lower quality than one that might otherwise have been created, had these companies actually provided the resources they said they were going to at the initial stage?