[catfish1957]

I see this in my industry quite often. Government is required to solicit multiple bids, but if they word the requirements just right such that only one vendor has a product that matches their specific requirements...

Same here, and now pretty common in all Risk Management Contingency Planning SOP's. Probably some regulatory driver dictated it.

[sphinx]

All agencies do emergency planning, and a short term shelter in place contingency presumably ranks pretty high on the list of the sensible things that might make the to-do list. This is Treasury, which is downtown, right next door to the White House. I can think of 101 things that could make sitting tight overnight a pretty good choice.