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The sad thing is not that the government pissed away $300M on this project; but that the prime, LMFS, will continue to get away with it because there are no pen
by discardorama 12y ago
The sad thing is not that the government pissed away $300M on this project; but that the prime, LMFS, will continue to get away with it because there are no penalties!
But the system is rigged that way: if you do decide to hold them accountable, you'll find that they have documented every little specification change that the SSA put in after the project was awarded. So now the blame comes back to the SSA. Both sides will point fingers at each other; the consultants on this project will laugh (on their way to the bank), and things will remain the same.
In other words: the system of contracting in place today is broken. From labyrinthine requirements to bid for one, to obtuse specifications to lack of oversight; it's one huge mess.
And the system is corrupt to boot. Primes like LMFS, etc. employ former employees of these agencies (and vice versa), so it's very hard for an outsider to break in.