Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings Inc fka TMPS

[RollTheBones]

This is not a true statement in many cases.
"You do know that the military doesn’t pay in advance, right? Contractors spend their own money to fulfill and then invoice the government and wait to be paid."

I have been involved in many development contracts with the gov including Task Orders.

Contractors do not like spending at risk. It can be done, but only if they have confidence in getting paid and they have a reason to start early.

Contracts are incrementally funded. Contractor and gov agree on the plan and then the gov incrementally funds the contract. Task Orders are the type where the plan is incrementally developed also. They do not need to plan the entire contract at the beginning.

Gov is responsible for any work that is done on a contract executing the agreed to plan.