The State Department’s procurement forecast, revised as of late December 2024, lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000 worth of “Armored Tesla.”
I dunno, but this one seems grim: line 47, a contract for “local guard services” in Nairobi, Kenya, valued at over $20M, incumbent contractor Aegis-KK Security Burundi, is tagged as
311611 - Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Edit: I went and looked at last year’s file. Last year, all contracts for “local guard services” were correctly tagged as “561612 - Security Guards and Patrol Services.” This year, they are all different food manufacturing codes.
Someone care to explain why this line item gets a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of
And why another line item for “Armored EV (not sedan)” gets
And why “Armored BMW X5/X7” gets
Written by an ai that was just doing it’s best!
@Nougat@fedia.io is implying the contract is being pushed though the federal budget unscrupulously, since those are clearly misclassified.
Those are just the ones I took a sidelong glance at, too.
I dunno, but this one seems grim: line 47, a contract for “local guard services” in Nairobi, Kenya, valued at over $20M, incumbent contractor Aegis-KK Security Burundi, is tagged as
Edit: I went and looked at last year’s file. Last year, all contracts for “local guard services” were correctly tagged as “561612 - Security Guards and Patrol Services.” This year, they are all different food manufacturing codes.