Oh JOY !!!!
As the manager of a private/third party biomed company, I just can't wait to see how this is going to go......
Let the games begin

and just to add fuel to the fire (and before I go off to bed), third party companies can only challenge in-house if they offer better value, and that includes better results (KPIs) @ lower costs. This is what we "sell" because we can supply it. I have worked on both sides of this and know this to be the case. We avoid the endless overheads (top heavy management for one) and hence are able to "do the job" for less cost.....
discuss........