Okay, this wall stuff is shaking out kind of like I predicted based upon time line issues I outlined for you about a month ago on this thread.
First of all, the RFPs (Requests for Proposals) had to be split into two series — one for the Concrete Wall sections of design and one for wall sections designed and built with other means, like exotic fencing methods due to location.
It became obvious to the Contracting Officer team that these had to be in two separate groups of award and would thus need two separate RPFs so they had to cancel the original RFP number and issue two separate RFPs to not get out of Award parameters and get a protest.
Some of the new RFPs are in the following links and from those links you can download details of the RFPs (139 pages) if you wish. Going to page 39 of one of those I see that they have spread out the Step One and Step Two time lines as I predicted would be necessary. They also state that they have a tremendous interest and lots of questions from first tier and subcontractor/vendor interested parties.
Right now I don’t have much time to research this as I have some other commitments for the next few days. Happy hunting for those that want to dig into it.
I will warn you, reading these documents are like reading Greek for the first time and only having every other page. Those of us that used to use these all the time take hours and hours to sort the detail and understand the complex legal requirements.
Like all government contracts, it will be a hard birth, but I thing its time to be in the labor room.
Striking that the Government is allowing a half a million just for the prototype. I think I need to head to Hobby Lobby and buy me up some ice cream bar sticks and start me some construction.
Went thru the "Buy American" clauses. Ehh, do not be fooled by that one when the Politicians, say "We are building it with American products". There is so much wiggle room for the contractor to buy foreign made goods, COTS or items that are in the FTAs or other agreements. Such a joke the way they lie to us.
BUILD IT!!!!!! Turn back the tide of these illegal grass crawling invaders that I have been going down to the southern border on my own dime for 12 years and rounding up. Spending nights upon nights in the South Texas sugar sand, with the rattlers, mesquite thorns, lions and drug smugglers. Wore out 2 four wheelers and lost tons of other equipment in the sand and brush chasing these stealing, trespassing, stinking wetbacks. Shut 'em down. O, and we do not want to leave out the many different African Nations, Chinese, Cubans, Guatemalans, Brazilians, Somalians, Iranians, Herzegovina(ians)(yeah, can you believe that!!!), many other South American nations......
KC, that post deserves its own thread. A lot more people will see this important info if you do that. Thanks.
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