Government Contracts

This_person

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Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in DC:

One is from New York, another is from
Tennessee and the third, is from Florida .
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure with a pencil.
"Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The New York contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says,
"You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The New York contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.

And that, my friends, is how government contracting works!
 

Warron

Member
Tack on a 5 year delay and 600% budget increase to get a fence that falls apart two years later and it will be just about right.
 

IHDU

Does it really matter?
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in DC:

One is from New York, another is from
Tennessee and the third, is from Florida .
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure with a pencil.
"Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The New York contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says,
"You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The New York contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.

And that, my friends, is how government contracting works!


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