Providing spare parts and tools to the government is a big business, and apparently a profitable one. In recent years, however, there have been accusations that the prices of spare parts have been greatly inflated by some suppliers, with the government paying hundreds of dollars each for single hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, and similar items. Although a number of committees and commissions have examined this issue, reports of such abuses continue to surface. Stopping this spare-parts abuse is apparently a complicated undertaking. You will not be asked to solve this problem, but if you were to be assigned this task, what criteria should be used for judging alternatives? Identify, describe, and justify the technical, economic, political, and administrative criteria you believe should be used in such an analysis.