Description

I am a SDVOSB (Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business) and I purchase items for the government and do small contracted labor. I have mainly been working with the VA and recently expanded out and took a job with the Corps of Engineers. Being a small company I do not do too much at one time, so I waited till this job was underway. In that time I had received a solicitation from a Dennis Smith, Procurement Director, MBDA (Minority Business Development Agency), requesting laptops for one of his facilities. I submitted a bid for the job and after waiting like most contracts it came back that I had won the bid and the Director would issue me a PO for the purchases. The original amount of laptops was 40 and they needed to be shipped to Atlanta, GA (1755 The Exchange Suite 138 SE Atlanta GA 30339 USA). After the wire transfer was made to purchase the laptops, they were then shipped. Once this was confirmed the Director stated that he needed 60 more for another facility and stated to combine my two invoices and he would pay Net 30 based on the first purchase. I again purchased 60 laptops and had them shipped to a different location (64 East 98th street store B Brooklyn NY 11212, USA.) My 30 days form the first purchase had came up and I requested payment information. It was stated that there was an issue with payment, so I reached out to the National Office for MBDA and they stated that here is no Dennis Smith that works for MBDA. All total I spent $166,515.02 on laptops that were delivered to a guy that does not exist.