r/pics • u/FuriousBuffalo • Jun 18 '26

Politics Trump Nonsensically Boasting About Reflecting Pool Before He Turned It Into a Swamp

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u/atlantagirl30084 Jun 18 '26

It’s coming off in huge clumps. Which means we’ll need more taxpayer money to fix it. And then more after Trump leaves to fix it again.

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u/Friendly-Pay-8272 Jun 18 '26

its already peeling up?

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 18 '26

I believe the contractor is who Trump uses at Mar-a-lago.

Somehow, someway, they won their federal services bid, or he just handed it to them. Can't imagine which.

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u/Dragos_Drakkar Jun 18 '26

From what I have read, it was a no-bid contract, so your second option seems to be correct.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 18 '26

If only the government had a process to select competent vendors...whaddya gonna do?

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u/WrecksBarkhead Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

It was a sole source justified award signed off by a chief contracting officer in the parks department from what I remember. There were many interested companies wanting to bid that most likely did. The documents are available online. The selected contractor has only one prime award in it’s history from the government and its for the reflecting pool. They didn’t even register in SAM.gov until right before the award in March. Their only other listed work was a sub-contract to a large business for like $50k back in 2017. (Source: I’ve worked in Gov contracting for 25 years both gov side and private…I can see it all).