QinetiQ
To echo the prior comments of an anonymous poster, I too am not surprised at the outcome if QQ did the testing.
QQ suffer from the usual "government gravy train" problem of being a complacent private-sector supplier to the government who is pretty much guaranteed to get the job (i.e. in the case of QQ if it involves "security", you can be 99% certain the government will be throwing the cash their way).
Having historically had the misfortune of being in a non-government role where we gave QQ the opportunity to tender (not my choice to add them to the list !), I can tell you the place is full of middle managers, their prices are eye-watering and there is lots of "talk the talk" but little "walk the walk".
Oh, and it takes forever to get a quote out of them for anything becuase everything is "bespoke quoted" .... hmmm....yes, a bit like how plumbers and electricians bespoke quote everything based around how much they think you can afford !!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
