Having read the article the following paragraph sums things up :-
"Procurement experts said it was too early to make any judgments on the contract awards. “We don’t know enough about these organisations and it would be good to know why they have been chosen. However, the proof is in the pudding and if they deliver then we should be grateful,” said Ian Makgill, director of consultancy OpenOpps."
At the moment it all seems little more than speculation and the normal political point scoring that prevails on here.