NOw it comes clear- ObamaCare Web site done...NO-BID (by Michelle's Friend)

[Harsh_77 718]

A WH Christmas gathering is one of those social events where hundreds of people are invited for a variety of reasons. It's not only "best friends" of the first family. And someone would post a picture of themselves with the President and First lady at the WH on facebook? Say it isn't so. Again, if their presence at the WH Christmas gathering and their picture with the Obamas is your smoking gun, then you've got not much at all.

Oh and acting dumb is your parroting the right wing echo chamber.

I agree with you they did not know each other, yet they were in same year, same groups outside classes.

It was all coincidence that CGI got the no bid contract.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It was all coincidence that CGI got the no bid contract.

No, not coincidence. An existing ID/IQ contract dating back to 2007 that CMS had with CGI. The information is out there. From real, actual news sources. Take off the tin foil hat and try them sometime.

Reuters:

The work on Healthcare.gov grew out of a contract for open-ended technology services first issued in 2007 with a place-holder value of $1,000. There were 31 bidders. An extension, awarded in September 2011 specifically to build Healthcare.gov, drew four bidders, the documents show, including CGI Federal.

That 2011 extension is called a "delivery order" rather than a contract because it fell under the original 2007 agreement for CGI Federal to provide IT services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the lead Obamacare agency. CGI Federal reported at the time of the extension that it had received $55.7 million for the first year's work to build Healthcare.gov.

In addition, said CGI spokeswoman Linda Odorisio, there were three one-year options, bringing the total potential value of the contract to $93.7 million. By August 2012, spending on the contract was already close to that limit.

This year, the bills skyrocketed. The government spent $27.7 million more in April, an additional $58 million in May and, in its latest outlay, $18.2 million in mid-September.

According to the government records, that brought the total spending for CGI's work on Healthcare.gov to $196 million. Adding in potential options, the contract is now valued at $292 million.

LATE REGULATIONS

The changes to the Healthcare.gov contract came in response to more detailed requirements about how the site should operate, said a person at CGI familiar with the work.

When CMS awarded CGI Federal the first $55.7 million delivery order in 2011, "most of the regulations and guidance implementing the Affordable Care Act had not yet been finalized," said the person with knowledge of the award.

The Obama administration was issuing regulations and changing policy regarding how the reform should be implemented late into this summer. Many required significant changes to the IT running Healthcare.gov, which kept contractors scrambling.

CGI Federal has been asked to provide details of what it knew of the website's troubles to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which is led by Republican Fred Upton. Fellow contractor Quality Software Services Inc and HHS have also received requests for information.

Democratic lawmakers and former administration officials have proposed the government get help from additional contractors to fix Healthcare.gov, including from companies that built some of the more successful insurance exchange sites in 14 states that chose to run the marketplaces on their own.

CGI was also responsible for building state-run sites that have operated more or less smoothly, including in Massachusetts and California, as well as sites in Colorado or Hawaii that have proved either partially or completely inoperable.

A "LAUNDRY LIST" CONTRACT

CGI's original 2007 contract was of a type called Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, federal records show.

ID/IQ contracts allow the government "to write a laundry list of things they can order from the contractor," said Sarah Gleich, an attorney and government procurement expert at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. "They'll write incredibly broad descriptions of the work, like 'telecom services,' so you can't tell what they're ordering."

The advantage of an ID/IQ contract, said experts, is that it can be expanded almost indefinitely, without the government having to solicit new bids for additional work.

Because "there are very strict regulations on sole-source contracts," an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity agreement makes it easier for the government to avoid running afoul of those requirements, said Sajeev Malaveetil, a director at the Berkeley Research Group, a procurement consultant.

IT work is particularly suited to imprecise, open-ended contracts. "Agencies know that at some point they'll need IT services or system implementation," Malaveetil said. "ID/IQ contracts can often be for five or 10 years: the agency just keeps issuing delivery task orders, which fall under the base language of the contract."

No other IT contractors have come forward to say they, too, bid on the contract to build Healthcare.gov.

[Harsh_77 718]

No, not coincidence. An existing ID/IQ contract dating back to 2007 that CMS had with CGI. The information is out there. From real, actual news sources. Take off the tin foil hat and try them sometime.

Reuters:

The work on Healthcare.gov grew out of a contract for open-ended technology services first issued in 2007 with a place-holder value of $1,000. There were 31 bidders. An extension, awarded in September 2011 specifically to build Healthcare.gov, drew four bidders, the documents show, including CGI Federal.

That 2011 extension is called a "delivery order" rather than a contract because it fell under the original 2007 agreement for CGI Federal to provide IT services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the lead Obamacare agency. CGI Federal reported at the time of the extension that it had received $55.7 million for the first year's work to build Healthcare.gov.

In addition, said CGI spokeswoman Linda Odorisio, there were three one-year options, bringing the total potential value of the contract to $93.7 million. By August 2012, spending on the contract was already close to that limit.

This year, the bills skyrocketed. The government spent $27.7 million more in April, an additional $58 million in May and, in its latest outlay, $18.2 million in mid-September.

According to the government records, that brought the total spending for CGI's work on Healthcare.gov to $196 million. Adding in potential options, the contract is now valued at $292 million.

LATE REGULATIONS

The changes to the Healthcare.gov contract came in response to more detailed requirements about how the site should operate, said a person at CGI familiar with the work.

When CMS awarded CGI Federal the first $55.7 million delivery order in 2011, "most of the regulations and guidance implementing the Affordable Care Act had not yet been finalized," said the person with knowledge of the award.

The Obama administration was issuing regulations and changing policy regarding how the reform should be implemented late into this summer. Many required significant changes to the IT running Healthcare.gov, which kept contractors scrambling.

CGI Federal has been asked to provide details of what it knew of the website's troubles to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which is led by Republican Fred Upton. Fellow contractor Quality Software Services Inc and HHS have also received requests for information.

Democratic lawmakers and former administration officials have proposed the government get help from additional contractors to fix Healthcare.gov, including from companies that built some of the more successful insurance exchange sites in 14 states that chose to run the marketplaces on their own.

CGI was also responsible for building state-run sites that have operated more or less smoothly, including in Massachusetts and California, as well as sites in Colorado or Hawaii that have proved either partially or completely inoperable.

A "LAUNDRY LIST" CONTRACT

CGI's original 2007 contract was of a type called Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, federal records show.

ID/IQ contracts allow the government "to write a laundry list of things they can order from the contractor," said Sarah Gleich, an attorney and government procurement expert at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. "They'll write incredibly broad descriptions of the work, like 'telecom services,' so you can't tell what they're ordering."

The advantage of an ID/IQ contract, said experts, is that it can be expanded almost indefinitely, without the government having to solicit new bids for additional work.

Because "there are very strict regulations on sole-source contracts," an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity agreement makes it easier for the government to avoid running afoul of those requirements, said Sajeev Malaveetil, a director at the Berkeley Research Group, a procurement consultant.

IT work is particularly suited to imprecise, open-ended contracts. "Agencies know that at some point they'll need IT services or system implementation," Malaveetil said. "ID/IQ contracts can often be for five or 10 years: the agency just keeps issuing delivery task orders, which fall under the base language of the contract."

No other IT contractors have come forward to say they, too, bid on the contract to build Healthcare.gov.

yes your real news reporter will soon be appointed to position in WH..

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

yes your real news reporter will soon be appointed to position in WH..

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So I ask again, how do you know that these two Princeton grads are friends? Right, you don't.

Let's see, both members of two clubs together, Her and Husband Christmas guests of Obama at the White House.

Nope doubt they knew each other

Toni Townes-Whitley, a college classmate of Michelle Obama and a senior executive at besieged Obamcare website contractor CGI Federal, has visited the White House several times for both personal and professional reasons.

Thats' from WH visitor log.

Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michelle-obama-obamacare-website-cgi-federal/2013/10/29/id/533586#ixzz2j8JlQoFI

It's a vast right wing conspiracy.

There are five visits logged. Four of those were business visits with administration officials (all named in the article and not one of them with person with surname "Obama"). That leaves the White House Christmas gathering of 2010. That's your smoking gun?

But I thought you said there was no proof they knew each other

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

A WH Christmas gathering is one of those social events where hundreds of people are invited for a variety of reasons. It's not only "best friends" of the first family. And someone would post a picture of themselves with the President and First lady at the WH on facebook? Say it isn't so. Again, if their presence at the WH Christmas gathering and their picture with the Obamas is your smoking gun, then you've got not much at all.

Oh and acting dumb is your parroting the right wing echo chamber.

Lets see . 5 visits to the White house, both active members of the same clubs the same years in college. Pictures of them celebrating Christmas together..

And he thinks we are crazy for thinking they knew each other..

That's not dumb that's insane.

No, not coincidence. An existing ID/IQ contract dating back to 2007 that CMS had with CGI. The information is out there. From real, actual news sources. Take off the tin foil hat and try them sometime.

Reuters:

The work on Healthcare.gov grew out of a contract for open-ended technology services first issued in 2007 with a place-holder value of $1,000. There were 31 bidders. An extension, awarded in September 2011 specifically to build Healthcare.gov, drew four bidders, the documents show, including CGI Federal.

That 2011 extension is called a "delivery order" rather than a contract because it fell under the original 2007 agreement for CGI Federal to provide IT services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the lead Obamacare agency. CGI Federal reported at the time of the extension that it had received $55.7 million for the first year's work to build Healthcare.gov.

In addition, said CGI spokeswoman Linda Odorisio, there were three one-year options, bringing the total potential value of the contract to $93.7 million. By August 2012, spending on the contract was already close to that limit.

This year, the bills skyrocketed. The government spent $27.7 million more in April, an additional $58 million in May and, in its latest outlay, $18.2 million in mid-September.

According to the government records, that brought the total spending for CGI's work on Healthcare.gov to $196 million. Adding in potential options, the contract is now valued at $292 million.

LATE REGULATIONS

The changes to the Healthcare.gov contract came in response to more detailed requirements about how the site should operate, said a person at CGI familiar with the work.

When CMS awarded CGI Federal the first $55.7 million delivery order in 2011, "most of the regulations and guidance implementing the Affordable Care Act had not yet been finalized," said the person with knowledge of the award.

The Obama administration was issuing regulations and changing policy regarding how the reform should be implemented late into this summer. Many required significant changes to the IT running Healthcare.gov, which kept contractors scrambling.

CGI Federal has been asked to provide details of what it knew of the website's troubles to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which is led by Republican Fred Upton. Fellow contractor Quality Software Services Inc and HHS have also received requests for information.

Democratic lawmakers and former administration officials have proposed the government get help from additional contractors to fix Healthcare.gov, including from companies that built some of the more successful insurance exchange sites in 14 states that chose to run the marketplaces on their own.

CGI was also responsible for building state-run sites that have operated more or less smoothly, including in Massachusetts and California, as well as sites in Colorado or Hawaii that have proved either partially or completely inoperable.

A "LAUNDRY LIST" CONTRACT

CGI's original 2007 contract was of a type called Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, federal records show.

ID/IQ contracts allow the government "to write a laundry list of things they can order from the contractor," said Sarah Gleich, an attorney and government procurement expert at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. "They'll write incredibly broad descriptions of the work, like 'telecom services,' so you can't tell what they're ordering."

The advantage of an ID/IQ contract, said experts, is that it can be expanded almost indefinitely, without the government having to solicit new bids for additional work.

Because "there are very strict regulations on sole-source contracts," an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity agreement makes it easier for the government to avoid running afoul of those requirements, said Sajeev Malaveetil, a director at the Berkeley Research Group, a procurement consultant.

IT work is particularly suited to imprecise, open-ended contracts. "Agencies know that at some point they'll need IT services or system implementation," Malaveetil said. "ID/IQ contracts can often be for five or 10 years: the agency just keeps issuing delivery task orders, which fall under the base language of the contract."

No other IT contractors have come forward to say they, too, bid on the contract to build Healthcare.gov.

It was a no-bid contract. Your reading comprehension sucks

Well the plot thickens Yes she did not know her right..You Libs denial of everything is so cute.

I bet she got this Photo in the mail and thought..Who is that Woman hugging on my Husband. ROFL

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Well the plot thickens Yes she did not know her right..You Libs denial of everything is so cute.

Hey Aunt Vivian, who is that Chick Uncle Phil has his arm around at the Christmas Party?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Let's see, both members of two clubs together, Her and Husband Christmas guests of Obama at the White House.

Nope doubt they knew each other

It's a vast right wing conspiracy.

But I thought you said there was no proof they knew each other

Where's the evidence that they are friends, let alone close friends? You don't have any. Just admit it. It's okay.

It was a no-bid contract. Your reading comprehension sucks

Read the Reuters piece again. Maybe you get it on second try. If not, try again. And again. And again.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Where's the evidence that they are friends, let alone close friends? You don't have any. Just admit it. It's okay.

Read the Reuters piece again. Maybe you get it on second try. If not, try again. And again. And again.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hey Aunt Vivian, who is that Chick Uncle Phil has his arm around at the Christmas Party?

I have a very similar picture with the CEO of the global corporation I am working for. Can't really say that I know the man too well. Never had drinks with him, never played a round of golf. I actually only saw him in person once when he visited our offices. I was part of a presentation group and there were pictures taken during that presentation. So there's this shot where I was standing right there next to the big chief. What does that prove aside from my having actually met and stood close to the fella once in my life? That's right, nothing at all.

You guys are so gullible slobbering that right wing nut job drivel up like it's ice cream.

[Danno 1,228]

I have a very similar picture with the CEO of the global corporation I am working for. Can't really say that I know the man too well. Never had drinks with him, never played a round of golf. I actually only saw him in person once when he visited our offices. I was part of a presentation group and there were pictures taken during that presentation. So there's this shot where I was standing right there next to the big chief. What does that prove aside from my having actually met and stood close to the fella once in my life? That's right, nothing at all.

You guys are so gullible slobbering that right wing nut job drivel up like it's ice cream.

Wait you go to the CEO's house for christmas?

Of course you two are connected by the same company.

THere are 300 million people in the country, how many have such a warm photo with the Obama;s?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Wait you go to the CEO's house for christmas?

Of course you two are connected by the same company.

THere are 300 million people in the country, how many have such a warm photo with the Obama;s?

Yup I think I will make 5 trips to the white house and hang out with the Prez for Christmas. No one there has a clue who i am, but that should be no problem

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I think perhaps the most crucial thing here, in addition to being "no bid" is that the contract did not include a performance bond. Now your basic moron is always going to provide for a performance bond in any sort of agreement.

For example, when our small city put out a "Request for Proposals" for 3 new police cars (woo hoo! Count 'em THREE) there was a performance bond that if they were not delivered by the agreed date the company providing the cars would be penalized (that means "money held back" for people who voted for Obama) There is no such performance demand in the contract for this $600 million website. Nice. Some small town voluteer council persons elected by less less of a margin that the number of people that signed up for Pelosicare the first day it was implemented, can think of a performance bond...but HHS cannot.

We not only have a crappy website for (I'm sorry, but I CANNOT call it "healthcare.gov" since it is NOT healthcare) this mess, we have to pay them full price for it!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I have a very similar picture with the CEO of the global corporation I am working for. Can't really say that I know the man too well. Never had drinks with him, never played a round of golf. I actually only saw him in person once when he visited our offices. I was part of a presentation group and there were pictures taken during that presentation. So there's this shot where I was standing right there next to the big chief. What does that prove aside from my having actually met and stood close to the fella once in my life? That's right, nothing at all.

You guys are so gullible slobbering that right wing nut job drivel up like it's ice cream.

The website sucks. Is that drivel?

Let me see if I understand. YOU are still defending Schumercare?

The website doesn't work. We have to pay full price for it. More people are being canceled than receiving insurance. Premiums are outrageously high. Deductibles are ridiculous. Penalties only apply to people who get a tax refund. Obama gave waivers to Walmart. Employers across the country are cutting full time workers to avoid this. Obama knows nothing about it. Sebelius knows nothing about it. SIX people signed up the first day (OK, rough numbers, it could be 8 or 9) We could use door to door salesmen and do better, cost less and provide more jobs.

And YOU still think it is a good idea?

Wait until you see the Dems running from this like a house on fire. They are NOT going to go into the primary season with things the way they are.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Wait you go to the CEO's house for christmas?

Of course you two are connected by the same company.

THere are 300 million people in the country, how many have such a warm photo with the Obama;s?

None of this matters.

The website sucks and the people that made these decisions are the same ones that made the other decisions about Durbincare. Anyone focusing on Mouchelle or who Big Dog has a photoshopped picture of him with is missing the point.

The system is totally and completely f%ked up in every possible way. As the website is fixed (if it ever gets fixed) it will only reveal more problems. UNLESS you think the same people that f%ked this up have a done a wonderful job on everything else. Right. ONLY the website is f%ked up, everything else is OK. Well, except for people having hours cut...and except for people being canceled on insurance they liked and being forced to buy more expensive "better" insurance...and except for ______________________ whatever comes next.

Obama does not know what the problems are, will not know until they are told to him at a press conference and neither does Sebelius. Then the memos will fly out showing how this ine knew and that one knew...blah, blah blah.

The excuses will burst forth. They cannot blame Republicans as ONLY Dems voted for this. It will be bad apple insurance companies...but then it will be that the bad apples are forcing you into better insurance (so why are they "bad"?)

It is an endless circle jerk, brought to you by the Democrats. You will never get healthcare from this mess.