BlueForge Alliance- Billion Dollar DOD Contract

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AggieKatie2
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https://www.kbtx.com/2024/09/11/us-navy-awards-nearly-1-billion-contract-bryan-based-nonprofit/

What exactly do these guys do?

How does a 50-200 person company (per LinkedIN) get a billion dollar contract ? Are they just a prime outsourcing everything?

Ciboag96
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Shareholders include

Boe Jiden
Bunter Hiden
Hamala Karris
Can Drenshaw
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Jichael Mohnson
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Wearer of the Ring
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Their website uses every imaginable buzz word. Like Seinfeld, they are a company about nothing.


Oh, except for the part where they live off tax money while doing nothing.
Rapier108
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Likely nothing but a money laundering scheme.
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Jock 07
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Wait, so you're saying they're not building subs in Bryan TX?
Psycho Bunny
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And here I was, hoping Lake Bryan was receiving a sub.
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PCC_80
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Rapier108 said:

Likely nothing but a money laundering scheme.

Quote:

This contract was not competitively procured and is a sole-source award pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements).

Certainly sounds like it.
Gigem_94
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And the company is a non-profit. Ya, sure. What nonprofit work could a company possibly do related to subs?
Red Fishing Ag93
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Wow. This looks criminal.
chiphijason
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We have a severe lack of sub building capacity. We are trying to build both one Columbia class ssbn to replace the Ohio class subs and two Virginia class subs annually. This is more than we have produced since the early 90s and we are supposed to be helping the aussies with their ssn program by leasing them a few by subs.

This contract is supposed to help bring on additional subcontractors and train up steel workers to ease the situation. The navy and the current primes have done an awful job with the sub supply chain. it appears this contract is attempting to retiify that.

It might be the single most important defense issue we face as it is the primary force for nuclear deterrence and the best weapon against China in a Taiwan invasion scenario.
Shoefly!
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Red Fishing Ag93 said:

Wow. This looks criminal.

Did John Sharp find him a new grift eerrrr I mean gig?
mm98
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Have some attractive openings..

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Ranch Dressing
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From their website:

"BlueForge Alliance (BFA) is a non-profit defense industrial base integrator that supports the U.S. Navy's industrial base initiatives and efforts to strengthen and sustain the maritime manufacturing sector."

What does that even mean?!
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

-Matthew 6:34
Shoefly!
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Looks like a bunch of mainland china people going to be moving to Bryan to work for the non profit. You know to protect nuclear propulsion systems.
ABATTBQ11
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This seems like some kind of project management or systems integration contract. Size of the company may not matter all that much depending on exactly what they're doing, what the money is being used for, how long the contract is, and exactly what the terms are.

For one, they may be doing some kind of project management or systems integration. That doesn't require a lot of people, and the contracts can be huge. Commercial GC's can be doing billions in revenue a year and still only employee a couple hundred people. I've seen multi-billion dollar contracts that end up being run by a dozen people. It really just depends on what the deliverable is and how it's being delivered.

For two, how long is this contract? If it's for something long term, then a large overall contract value makes a lot of sense.

For three, some contracts have an award value but will never actually be for that much. It's sometimes more like an authorization or option than an obligation to procure something. It may also include contingencies and allowances that are part of the value but may never be spent.


TLDR, don't get all up in arms without the details
Kraft Punk
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Glad my tax dollars didn't have to travel far after being stolen by the kamal cornpop admin
ABATTBQ11
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Ranch Dressing said:

From their website:

"BlueForge Alliance (BFA) is a non-profit defense industrial base integrator that supports the U.S. Navy's industrial base initiatives and efforts to strengthen and sustain the maritime manufacturing sector."

What does that even mean?!



Sounds like they do a lot of things from contract management, to systems integration or development, to lobbying.
Ranch Dressing
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After reading your post above that makes a lot of sense.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

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