More, Better, Faster-Part III

1-There are several avenues available when preparing a bid package. Essentionally, there are three basic contracts: Fixed Bid, Cost Not-to-Exceed and a Cost Plus Contract. Hundreds of variances exists, but for simplicity, lets just stick with the three note above. 2-I have serious doubt HSS/CMS (Owner)issued a fixed bid contract since the 2,500 pages ACA Law and the 27,000+ pages of Regulations, some of which are still being generated now 3 1/2 years into the Law's existance. They probably issued a contract on a Cost Plus basis. A Katty bar the door event. 3-Maximum risk, in fact all risks goes to the Owners the contractor little or no risk, just issues invoices on time, and start sawing down trees. This way owners can report, project is under way early on. This info is handed to pp. No checks or verification are made by the WH, certainly not by the CEO, who goes on a road shows for days. 4-With no control on cost, I bet no benchmarks and certainly not a completion date was established early on. So the another leg of a three legged stool is disregarded. Time. 5-The third leg...a completed bullet proof programs for enrollment, sign-on to specific plans the taxpayer must pick. Oh! the individual cost, well it will forthcoming, along with any rebate monies coming from the hids of the senior enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. The third leg of the stool is MIA. 6-Somewhere in time the Owners or the WH made a political assessment. We can't have ACA package unfinished and drift into 2014, hell it's the mid-term elections cycle. Lets make 10.01.2013 the kick off date for just the enrollment phase, tested or not to get a flavor of how the folks are receiving this panic attack. The statics wil not be available now until mid-November, 2013. In the meantime, the programs have crashed and burnt, several times. What to do? Hire more contractors! 7-Hence the CEO activated the calvary. Key Google, "Red Top", "Orical" computer experts are acomming to fix the problem. What this will do initally, it will piss off the on-board contractors extending the fix time and testing well into Dec 2013. 8-pp will have a hissy fit, hitting the road again to blame the CTPR. Mean while the unused sand in the hour glass fills the bottom of the glass. 9-Sir, your BS shelf life has expired. Reality is taking over. 10-In the meantime the CTPR must get their house in order and with one voice, start to rip apart the last 5 years of the pp administration. The goal win back the senate and hold the house in 2014.Subjects: ACA, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS, NSA,others. 11-Start the process to stall of stop PM quest for the WH is 2016