Of course, they couldn't very well say: "The purpose of this Request is to identify sources of supply for 140 million MRE's to feeding essential Homeland Security personnel for a period of one year during a crisis brought on by a collapse of the dollar." So the cover story they came up with is an obvious fabrication:

"The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify sources of supply for meals in support of disaster relief efforts based on a catastrophic disaster event within the New Madrid Fault System for a survivor population of 7M to be utilized for the sustainment of life during a 10-day period of operations."

The New Madrid Fault is know to only produce major earthquakes on a 400 to 600 year cycle. And since the last major quake happened less than 200 years ago. Those 140 million MRE's with a shelf life of just 36 months are going to be pretty stale after sitting around for 200 or 300 years until that big earthquake finally hits the Midwest.  So why do they really want 140 million meals in storage?

The government has spent almost $2 for every $1 it collected in taxes for two years running now.  The biggest threat our nation currently faces is that our foreign creditors might start dumping our nation's debt and dollar, pushing the nation into bankruptcy, collapsing the dollar and our economy.  Your sure not going to admit that on a bid request to buy 140 million MRE's to insure Homeland Security's essential personnel can be fed throughout the crisis.