I’ll bet you if you track the solicitation down, you’ll find a quantity amount missing from this story and the award notification. The government would not issue a contract for a 2 pound tin of sliced ham. More practically it is for an amount of ham tins weighing 2 lbs more appropriate to the award price....this story is nothing.....
You and others may be correct that this is a description for a large purchase quantity. There’s more to the story, very probably, but the government website that’s supposed to be oh-so-transparent about such things states exactly what’s posted here.
Here’s another question for you. What is the ham for, and by what constitutional authorization is the Federal Government allowed to purchase it?
From "Recovery.org" - the official listing of the rape of the American taxpayer and their offspring.
You have more faith in government than I do. Given all the mismanagement and corruption we know they are guilty of, I have to wonder why?