I am aware of the situation you're describing. I have been asked as an authority and have been involved in allowing the intellectual property to be released for use by industry and in future bids. In fact, the MDA contract win with NATO is an example. They worked with my organization in the past and asked for permission to use the intellectual property that was created in their bid with NATO, and they actually won the business as a result.
I can tell you that I have experience with the positive outcome of that situation. For any other details in the area of procurement and intellectual property, I have to defer to my colleague ADM in materiel in National Defence, because that is his authoritative lane.