This is why we love the private sector. Its no nonsense and so much more efficient!
Fisher Sand and Gravel Company has offered to build 234 miles of the wall on the southern border for $1.4 billion.
Fisher Sand and Gravel Companys President and CEO Tommy Fisher said the government is overpaying and said that for $4.31 billion, he can build the wall and incorporate paved roads and border technology plus warranty.
You hear that? PLUS WARRANTY!
Our whole point is to break through the government bureaucracy, Fisher told the Washington Examiner. If they do the small procurements as they are now thats not going to cut it.
Fisher said that the roughly $1.4 billion is enough to build 20 miles of levee wall in the Rio Grande Valley, plus another 214 miles. That pot of money, however, can only be used in the Rio Grande Valley, according to the bill Congress passed approving those funds and was only expected to be used for about 55 miles of steel slat fencing.The Army Corps of Engineers is not ready to start looking at how to spend the $8 billion Trump seized in his national emergency order last month, a representative told the Washington Examiner last week. The corps is considering how to spend money Congress gave DHS last fiscal year and has not requested bids from the private sector because its still in the procurement process.
But still. Isnt the private sector awesome?
