“Anyone can read the requests and see for themselves. You can even sign up for automatic notifications of solicitations for products described by keywords that you select. If DHS requests quotations for 250 million 9mm bullets, it can be assumed that they will eventually select a supplier and place the order.”
There are a good many alleged freepers here only too happy to angrily shout you down on this and they totally believe Big Media at their leisure and convenience.
Apologies for the multiple posts.
I kept getting some weird error telling me to resubmit the page.
Almost glad to see it multiple times, as I’ve been shouted down here by people anxious to believe what the media tells them about the story.
Here’s the error, happening again:
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“There are a good many alleged freepers here only too happy to angrily shout you down on this and they totally believe Big Media at their leisure and convenience.”
The deniers should stop getting their info from random websites and just go straight to the source. Everything DHS buys from commercial suppliers must go out for bids and is posted on FedBizOpps. Some idiot was posting that they “don’t actually” buy everything on the RFQ. Sure. They get pricing based on the product description, the quantity, and the delivery schedule. I’m sure that Remington wouldn’t be very happy if they quoted 250 million rounds and then DHS told them “ok, we’ll take 10,000 for the quoted price”. Aunt Janet just doesn’t like to have media scrutiny as she builds up her illegal national police force. It isn’t a conspiracy theory if it is true!