What country do our PUBLIC SERVANTS work for?

Ok this is somewhat out of character, has no bearing on my immediate life or on my poker bankroll per se, so excuse me this rant, but this type of decision annoys me so much!!! It's being reported by the BBC here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17127488) that the MOD (ministry of defence) has awarded a contract worth upwards of £450m for 4 new tankers to be built. Now you would think in these austere times, like many other countries, especially the U.S., Germany and France, that the MOD would look at the bigger picture and not just the immediate cost of the contract, but the associated benefits savings to the exchequer, along with additionally generated tax receipts, etc, and award the contract to a UK company, but no they go and award the contract to a country on the other side of the world!!!! Apparently £150m of "associated contracts" have been awarded to UK companies, but we shouldn't be fed breadcrumbs with the loaf going to a foreign company, should we not be looking after our own? These same public servants will no doubt be out on strike again soon, and will no doubt yet again be asking private sector workers to support their action. No doubt they will, once again, be upset and confused when the private sector says bugger off. Are public sector workers that far removed from reality that they will again question why????