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Whitefish: 2 person, 2 yr old firm gets $300 mill gov't contract
Posted on 10/24/17 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 10/24/17 at 6:56 pm
a tiny, very new, company from the secretary of interior zinke's home town, owned by a friend zinke's, gets a contract for $300 million which includes charging over $300/hr for linemen.
sounds pretty swampy.
sounds pretty swampy.
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The decision to award such a big contract – and such an enormous challenge – to a tiny company founded just two years ago has surprised many. Power companies don't generally use contractors to restore electricity, but make arrangements for help from other utilities.
Puerto Rico's power grid was precarious even before Hurricane Maria made landfall a month ago. But since the storm, the problem is immense. It could take at least six months for service to be fully restored.
Whitefish Energy is tasked with rebuilding three to four transmission lines, or more than 100 miles of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)'s 2,500 miles of lines. Montana newspaper Flathead Beacon called it "a windfall for the relatively untested" company.
The firm's website offers little detail on the company or its track record. It's based in Whitefish, Mont., the hometown of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Its financing comes from two Dallas-based investment groups and a Brazilian company that produces distribution and power transformers.
A profile of the company on a site that tracks federal contracts lists Whitefish as having just two employees and $1 million in annual revenue.
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Usually after a catastrophic power outage, utility companies call a trade organization to initiate mutual aid. The American Public Power Association, of which PREPA is a member, organizes a network of state and regional public power utilities to restore electricity quickly.
Meena Dayak, the association's spokeswoman, tells NPR that the mutual aid program is "basically a matchmaking service" — utilities contract directly with one other to provide services and work out payment.
That's what happened in Texas after Harvey, and in Florida following Irma. The day after Irma's departure, Florida Power & Light said it had more than 20,000 workers from 30 states and Canada deployed to restore power.
...
But PREPA never asked for mutual aid from the association, and instead it hired Whitefish to handle the job.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 6:58 pm
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Posted on 10/24/17 at 6:58 pm to WaveHog
Drain the swamp
Posted on 10/24/17 at 6:59 pm to WaveHog
Is this like HIllary's brother's two employee brand new company getting a gold contract in Haiti after the earthquake?
We can do this all night if you want fricknuts. I love dick whipping moronic liberals.
We can do this all night if you want fricknuts. I love dick whipping moronic liberals.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:00 pm to Cosmo
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Drain the swamp
"Under the contract, the hourly rate was set at $330 for a site supervisor, and at $227.88 for a 'journeyman lineman,'" The Washington Post reports. "The cost for subcontractors, which make up the bulk of Whitefish's workforce, is $462 per hour for a supervisor and $319.04 for a lineman. Whitefish also charges nightly accommodation fees of $332 per worker and almost $80 per day for food."
UTIER, the electrical workers' union of Puerto Rico, tweeted its consternation at those rates. "We need support and help, but under these conditions it is impossible and questionable. Who allowed this?"
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:01 pm to bamarep
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Is this like HIllary's brother's two employee brand new company getting a gold contract in Haiti?
wow, surely hillary will be impeached over this!!!
edit: is your argument that if you were mad at hillary about it, you can't be mad at trump's administration? i'm not even sure what you're arguing here.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:03 pm to WaveHog
2 man company with $1 million in annual revenue is awarded a $300 million contract to run 100 miles of power lines...seems legit. That’s only $3 million a mile, or 3 times their annual revenue per mile.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:04 pm to bamarep
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We can do this all night if you want fricknuts. I love dick whipping moronic liberals.
please, go on about how you would be mad at hillary but will let trump slide. doesn't make you seem like a "cuck" at all!!
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:09 pm to WaveHog
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please, go on about how you would be mad at hillary but will let trump slide.
It's really not complicated but you ignorant fricks are too arrogant to see it. Here it it, I'll make it as simple as possible for you:
WE
DON'T
GIVE
A
frick
Is that simple enough for you? With the frickery you bastards turned your heads to during that worthless bastard's administration I could give two fricks what Trump does when your bunch literally has gotten away with murder.
Don't act like taking the fricking high road now is some kind of virtue. All you're doing then is showing everyone how intellectually dishonest you are.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:12 pm to bamarep
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All you're doing then is showing everyone how intellectually dishonest you are.
I especially love when they fake like they give a shite about troops.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:13 pm to bamarep
or spending/the deficit 
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:14 pm to WaveHog
These two guys submitted the lowest bid and the Gov't has to accept the lowest bid. This is the problem when we have a RFP system based on price only.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:18 pm to MrLSU
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These two guys submitted the lowest bid and the Gov't has to accept the lowest bid. This is the problem when we have a RFP system based on price only.
1) gov't RFP system doesn't work on price alone, 2) this didn't go through an RFP.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:37 pm to bamarep
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Is this like HIllary's brother's two employee brand new company getting a gold contract in Haiti after the earthquake?
yeah that was awesome, good for him for getting that sweet deal!
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:38 pm to WaveHog
quote:Indeed!
sounds pretty swampy.
If the NPR story is accurate (that is one big "if"), and if the Interior Secretary had any hand in it, he's gone.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:39 pm to WaveHog
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Whitefish also charges nightly accommodation fees of $332 per worker and almost $80 per day for food
According to DoD (which sets per diem rates for Puerto Rico for FedGov employees and contractors), the meals and incidentals expense rate ranges from $84-$123. So $80/day for food isn't a problem.
The lodging part is. The range is $109-$195. The rate quoted is higher than NYC (which is only $291).
And these rates are for <30 days. From 31-180 days the rates are 75% of the above, over 180 days it's 55% of the above.
LINK (then select Puerto Rico and also select the Flat Rate option to get all the choices)
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:43 pm to WaveHog
Swampy stuff doesn’t apply to anyone bamarep likes
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:48 pm to Quidam65
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And these rates are for <30 days. From 31-180 days the rates are 75% of the above, over 180 days it's 55% of the above.
How is travel included?
When was the last time we sent crews to an island?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:49 pm to WaveHog
Why no link?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:54 pm to bamarep
quote:If that was a real story, the yes, it would be very similar.
Is this like HIllary's brother's two employee brand new company getting a gold contract in Haiti after the earthquake?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:57 pm to bamarep
quote:
Is this like HIllary's brother's two employee brand new company getting a gold contract in Haiti after the earthquake?
We can do this all night if you want fricknuts. I love dick whipping moronic liberals
So this justifies it?
That's not being conservative, it's just being angry.
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