The $500,000,000 Contract Trap! 📉 #shorts #courtroomdrama

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[00:00:00]When a half-billion dollar transit has to cave in, someone has to >> Your Honor, Evelyn's firm completely outsourced the structural stress simulations to a third-party app. They didn't even check the math.

[00:00:14]We didn't need to check it, Arthur. Your department requested the cheapest subcontractor available. We simply used the tool you paid for.

[00:00:22]Mr. Vance, let's look at the procurement logs. Did you explicitly authorize the use of open-source software to cut costs?

[00:00:31]I signed a budget limit, Your Honor, not [music] a permission slip to let the ceiling collapse. They are the experts.

[00:00:39]Clause 14 of the contract [music] states the city assumes all operational risk for budget-mandated vendors. You saved 2 million then, you owe 500 million now.

[00:00:47]The paper trail doesn't lie, Mr. Vance.

[00:00:49]Case dismissed. The city holds the bill.