A Montana firm (Whitefish Electric) that is only 2 years old won a $300 million no-bid contract with the Federal government to help restore Puerto Rico's electrical grid. According to this Federal Vendor website, the company's annual revenue to date is $1 million and the company has two full-time employees. The company is based in Whitefish, Montana, which happens to be the hometown of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Secretary Zinke says he had nothing to do with the contract. I’ll take him at his word, but it seems to be a very large contract and a very large job for such a tiny company.
According to The Washington Post:
Under the contract, the hourly rate was set at $330 for a site supervisor, and at $227.88 for a journeyman lineman. The cost for subcontractors, which make up the bulk of Whitefish's workforce, is $462 per hour for a supervisor and $319.04 for a lineman. Whitefish also charges nightly accommodation fees of $332 per worker and almost $80 per day for food.
And there you have it – your tax dollars at work.
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