I&#x27;ve been consulting in the federal gov for over 15 years and whenever I&#x27;ve heard about IBM contracts it&#x27;s been bad. real bad. they&#x27;ve botched some reeeallly high priced federal contracts. sure they&#x27;ve made money, but their reputation in this space is down the tubes.<p>from my own dealings with their teams, they over complicate and over-process everything. They have lost many high $$ contracts in the past several years in the fed gov.