Sep 29, 2026 · 52 min · 17 segments
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 3 of The FAR is Lava, where we teach the FAR and RFO through current federal procurement news. Have a question…
This day in contract history, if you're watching this near or on September 23rd, this is the return, the date of September 23rd is the return of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806.
On this day.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's pretty exciting.
In 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis after completing the first recorded journey from Mississippi River to Pacific Coast.
Now, you may be asking, why is this important for government contracting, or why was government contracting important? Let's continue.
The expedition's logistical foundation started with Lewis's original shopping list of more than 180 items.
Philadelphia invoices showed more than 260 separate purchases coordinated by everyone's favorite contracting officer of yore-
[laughs]
...
Now-
Is he still in the public supply division of, uh-
He's still there today
... he's still there today? I thought so.
I, I mean, people just-
Right now he's-
... loyal
... right now he's resisting the RFO.
[laughs]
The procurement involved 20 Philadelp- Philadelphia merchants and multiple government arsenals.
Purchases included, so these are the things that were government...
Now, remember, he didn't have Part 8.
This day in contract history, if you're watching this near or on September 23rd, this is the return, the date of September 23rd is the return of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806.
On this day.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's pretty exciting.
In 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis after completing the first recorded journey from Mississippi River to Pacific Coast.
Now, you may be asking, why is this important for government contracting, or why was government contracting important? Let's continue.
The expedition's logistical foundation started with Lewis's original shopping list of more than 180 items.
Philadelphia invoices showed more than 260 separate purchases coordinated by everyone's favorite contracting officer of yore-
[laughs]
...
Now-
Is he still in the public supply division of, uh-
He's still there today
... he's still there today? I thought so.
I, I mean, people just-
Right now he's-
... loyal
... right now he's resisting the RFO.
[laughs]
The procurement involved 20 Philadelp- Philadelphia merchants and multiple government arsenals.
Purchases included, so these are the things that were government...
Now, remember, he didn't have Part 8.
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