Government Contracting 101 - ABA DSS

**SatelliteJunkie** · February 14th, 2009

Bids for White House Fence Repairs

Government solicits bids for White House Fence repairs:

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in DC: One is from Chicago , another is from Virginia and the third, is from Alabama . All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Virginia contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures 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 Alabama 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 Chicago 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 Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Alabama to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official. And that, my friends, is how government contracting works!

**slowboy** · February 14th, 2009

SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT thanks

**jc7257** · February 14th, 2009

Well SJ, you are almost correct, you forgot to add the CEO bonus for the company owner...that he got from BANK bailout...

**SatelliteJunkie** · February 16th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by jc7257

Well SJ, you are almost correct, you forgot to add the CEO bonus for the company owner...that he got from BANK bailout...

Yes, and don't forget the other bonus too...
The one they get when they sell the business on the stock market & fire everybody.

**Landscapeman** · February 16th, 2009

lmao. Nice .