The RFP’s for the ‘wall’ where due yesterday.
The request went out the 20th, so nine days to put together the RFP. So do you think anyone was dumb enough to submit? Anyone hear anything?
I suspect that Trump is hearing a very annoying cricket.
Were the bidders supposed to provide a prototype in 9 days, or a price quote to produce a prototype? If they were supposed to deliver a prototype, I expect crickets. If just a price quote, I imagine they’ll receive lots of them.
Shit. I didn’t read close enough. I thought the RFP was for the entire wall.
Still, it would be interesting if they get any takers.
If each prototype is actually going to be on the wall then we could wind up with a glorious melange/goldbergian monstrosity thing going on. I’m sort of liking that.
The Washington Post has an article about Latino contractors getting death threats for bidding on the wall so someone must be submitting.
Makes sense, anyway. There’s $20b worth of work there and I’m sure a lot of guys figure “Someone’s going to get part of that pie so it might as well be me”. Sure, it very well won’t happen but, if it does, that’s a lot of money to leave on the table.
I’m in. We’re going to build a spectacular, most fantastic, absolutely best wall. The greatest thing about it, though, is that it is going to be completely see through. No mere fence or wire barricade; it is going to be a completely transparent 50 foot tall wall. Are the tree huggers concerned that it will stop wildlife migration or that birds will accidentally fly into it? No problem, we’ll make it completely permeable to animals. It will only stop “bad hombres” from entering the United States while letting everyone who is pure of heart and spirit travel too and fro without limit. And the best thing about the wall is that we’ll be able to put it anywhere we want with no ecological disruption or construction noise of any kind.
Please join M&M Enterprises in supporting our bid to construct an invisible 2000 long mile wall that stops only “bad dudes”. What’s good for M & M Enterprises is good for the country. And everybody gets a share.
Stranger
I would probably rephrase that just slightly, to “Designs should reach a minimum of six feet below grade to ensure that tunnels are dug a minimum of six feet below grade.”
Those bad hombres are going to have to work to get under that wall.
I cannot WAIT to see what they’re going to do about that pesky Rio Grande river. Texas farmers have been in court for donkey’s years over riparian rights along the boarder. This should be a hoot.
Do the bids have to include the price of buying all the land rights? If not, how can you bid on something when those accepting the bids do not yet have a right to build?
You forgot the anti-Muslim barrier and the Christian pass-gate. It’s a must!
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke thinks it should be in Mexico since:
Don’t know the quality of the source though.
I think the wall that Stranger mentioned above could go right in the middle of the river with no ill effects.
IKEA made a bid.
He knows he can’t pull the “eminent domain” crap on another country’s property, right?
When I first saw the thread title, I thought the thread would be about Dopers submitting the RFP together, which could be amusing. We missed the date, alas.
Trump’s going to Crimea the crap out of Baja, Mexico.
I’ve learned not to assume the Trump administration has any knowledge about anything.
Surprised they’re not planning on selling ad space on the thing, or naming rights. Probably holding on to those cards until it’s built.
So…He’s going to Crimea river?