to some civilian organisation more concerned with profit
The primary function of any business is to make a profit, everything else is secondary to that aim. The purpose of tendering military contracts is to save money and as we know the contract always goes to the lowest bidder. As with everything in life, you get what you pay for. Some call it efficiency! One day the accountants will work out why the military had more tradesmen than front line "soldiers". When there are no ex-military tradesmen left to work on half pay, Serco will have to find a new means of making money. So far its doing rather well!