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Reminds me of this FEMA contracting failure: >FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. >For this huge task, FEMA ta
by oftenwrong 8y ago
Reminds me of this FEMA contracting failure:
>FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.
>For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at least five canceled government contracts in her past. FEMA awarded her $156 million for the job, and Ms. Brown, who is the sole owner and employee of her company, Tribute Contracting LLC, set out to find some help.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/fema-contract-puerto-rico.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/fema-contract-puerto-r...
- forgot-my-pw 8y agoHow do people like these not get prosecuted?
- FlyMoreRockets 8y agoProbably protected by the powerful friends that gave them the contract in the first place.
- oftenwrong 8y agoFEMA pays on delivery. If you fail to fulfil a contract, the FEMA keeps its money. In this case, that leaves the contractor holding the bag, as they subcontracted out for all of the work. Unfortunately, the contractor can dispute the contract termination in a lawsuit. Lawsuits are expensive, so this may force FEMA into a settlement. This happens all the time with government contracts. People that know the system can exploit it. The FEMA contracting officer bears much of the blame for this outcome. The company had no prior experience in disaster relief, had a track record of failing to fulfil contracts, and did not have sufficient funds to fulfil the contract. These are all things that should have been considered before awarding the contract.
- charlesdm 8y agoHow does a government agency assign a $150m+ contract to a one man band? If anything, the fault is more on the government than it is on the person bidding for the contract.