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.”
  • Nougat@fedia.io
    33·
    16 days ago

    Someone care to explain why this line item gets a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of

    311999 - All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing

    And why another line item for “Armored EV (not sedan)” gets

    312113 - Ice Manufacturing

    And why “Armored BMW X5/X7” gets

    312112 - Bottled Water Manufacturing

      • kata1yst@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        16 days ago

        @Nougat@fedia.io is implying the contract is being pushed though the federal budget unscrupulously, since those are clearly misclassified.

    • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      16 days ago

      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.

  • hotspur@lemmy.ml
    19·
    16 days ago

    Someone should sue State for engaging a wasteful Marxist contract—after all, teslas are woke EVs made by communists and their radical green new deal inclusion in the state department fleet would clearly be limiting the sale of glorious freedom fuel that our good, hard working, LNG farmers produce.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 days ago

      Won’t happen. Though government acquisitions will buy an absolute deathtrap to save 30 dollars or look cooler.

      They can’t design a civilian vehicle that doesn’t trap you inside when electrical gets cut or moreover if you’re entrapped and on fire, or you know the types of issues combat vehicles see.

  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
    12·
    16 days ago

    Is there a solvent than can be used in spray can format?

    Like something that eats thru paint and clear coat. Don’t ask questions.