Amo a Sam amat#IReckopn: There has *never* yet been an outsourcing arrangement (scheme? deal? contract? hmmmm what is the word I am looking for. Oh I know, "burglary") that has produced a lower-cost, better outcome.
The myth that "private is better than public" is a Rasputin - we have to kill it over, over and over again.
If this public body can't do the work, then rip out the thieves and obstructionists and layabouts, and replace them with someone who loves doing the thing.
And in the unlikely event that outsourcing *is* the way forward? (#pffft) - I can sack all the current management. There's other people in the APS who know more about outsourcing than some knucklehead from a little QANGO who wants to feather the nest of his cousin Vinny..