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At my last duty station, I supervised 23 GS employees, and a handfull of contractors. The GS employees for all intents and purposes, had it way better than most of the contractors. The contractors did not have the personnel they needed for the money my dept was paying them.
This is why I think the GOV'T should know the personnel COUNT.
While there, I went over the 10 year old, unrevised contract, and wound up eliminating the whole damn thing, and converted the positions to GS positions, and when doing so, my workload justification provided for three MORE employees than the contractor was providing.
In essence, I feel that the Contractor was collecting, but not actually completing the service agreement.
Furthermore, to caveat on GS vs. COntractor, most of the employees who worked as contractors before the swap, were able to apply, and in essence, be hired on boad as GS.
The supervisor, who i hired as GS, went from being paid as a contractor at a GS-6 level, to becoming a GS-11 employee. The MAIN difference other than pay was the new Position Description for their GS position, which included "other duties as assigned."
Contracts are wasted 9/10 times IMHO. It takes a dedicated supervisor to ensure that the contract work is being done, and that it is updated YEARLY to ensure that funds are not being wasted.
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