From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Trump State Department Did Not Begin Procurement Process For $400 Million Armored Tesla Vehicles
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:49:56 -0600
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
Trump State Department Did Not Begin Procurement Process For $400 Million Armored Tesla Vehicles
Did the Trump State Department come up with the idea to order $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles?
No, that's not true: The original proposal to buy armored electric vehicles for the State Department came during THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION in April
2024. The $400 million line item was included in a State Department Procurement Forecast Fiscal Year 2025 in December, 2024, after Trump was elected
but before he took office. A State Department spokesperson told Lead Stories the solicitation "is on hold and there are no current plans to issue
it."
According to a Trump State Department spokesperson, only one company responded to that solicitation request at the time, but the spokesperson
wouldn't disclose who and said no contract has been issued:
No government contract has been awarded to Tesla or any other vehicle manufacturer to produce armored electric vehicles for the Department of State.
The previous Administration asked the Department of State to explore interest from private companies to produce armored electric vehicles. In
response to that request last year, the Department did a public Request for Information (RFI) for an armored electric vehicle to solicit interest.
The Department received interest from only one company at that time. As a next step in that process, an official solicitation would be sent out to
vehicle manufacturers to bid. However, the solicitation is on hold and there are no current plans to issue it.
The $400 million Armored Electric Vehicles request was included as a line item with other armored vehicle requests in the Fiscal Year 2025 State
Department Procurement Forecast (archived here):
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/02/fact-check-trump-state-department-did-not-begin-procurement-process-for-400-million-dollar-armored-tesla-
vehicles.html
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