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It's 2.9B for a facility that can accommodate up to 3000 children simultaneously, as well as the support services to run it and provide the medical care and soc
by AlotOfReading 1y ago
It's 2.9B for a facility that can accommodate up to 3000 children simultaneously, as well as the support services to run it and provide the medical care and social workers needed to take care of them. It's not $3B for a specific 3000 children somewhere, so it's nonsense to try counting the cost per child that way.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 1y agoregardless of the KPI perspective, do you agree that $3.3B is a bit much for a facility that can only host up the 3k? For reference, look up some of the Giga factory costs (With Capital expenditure for production). They are similiar in expenditures.
- AlotOfReading 1y agoI haven't looked at the contract in detail, but no, $3B over 5 years for 3000 people including construction costs sounds reasonably in line with prison costs (the closest comparison). Certainly not the order of magnitude too high like you're suggesting, which surely someone would have undercut on the bid if it were easy. You can look at the bid requirements yourself and determine whether you think it's reasonable for the scope of the facility: https://sam.gov/opp/3726d9e2246c47e197396e805ce6bb33/view https://sam.gov/opp/3726d9e2246c47e197396e805ce6bb33/view
- TrapLord_Rhodo 1y agoThis was awarded sole source. There were no vendors able to compete. I also find their J&A unconvincing, and there's no way it passes the smell test required in Far part 6. There was really no other vendor in the world, besides Family Care to be able to do this? They aren't even a construction company.