Re: OT: Setting a good example

Posted by Mydeere on February 01, 2005 at 09:55:00 from (63.148.249.11):

In Reply to: OT: Setting a good example posted by Mydeere on January 29, 2005 at 18:40:27:

I think a few of you misunderstood my post. First of all as a tax payer I don"t want Uncle Sam spending anymore of my hard and not easy to come by dollars then necessary to accopmlish whatever it is thier after. And belive me I fully understand we are in a global economy. Second, the point I"m trying to make is that when Uncle Sam decides to put something out to bid there are specifications that must be met. In all my dealings with Govt. projects they have enforced the fact that materials must be of US origin without any consideration of cost. Now like I said before they won"t let me use Canandian steel or hardware even if it will save us tax payers money. They go to the trouble and expense of hiring inspectors to make sure that the materials are American. Beleive me they will reject it if its not. Not having seen the request for proposal, I don"t know if the bidders were allowed to use foreign materials and labor. But based upon my experience, if one bidder proposes 100% domestic material and labor over a mixed domestic/foreign product, the proposal for the mixed source product is usually not awarded the contract because the item is offered by someone else as 100% domestic. Other than us footing the bill, I guess it doesn"t matter much as probably none of us will ever be going for a ride in it. Thanks for the exchange of ideas.

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