U.S. agency seeks ideas for Trump's proposed border wallWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said on Friday it will accept proposals next month for the design of a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican frontier, a first step in picking vendors for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. In a document on the federal government’s website for business opportunities, the CPB said it would release a request on or about March 6 asking companies for prototype ideas for a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican border. After reviewing the ideas submitted by vendors, the agency will evaluate and select the best designs by March 20, then issue a request for proposals by March 24 in which vendors would be asked to price out the cost of building the proposed wall. The document says multiple awards for the barrier are expected by mid-April as part of the process, an aggressive schedule for a government construction project. “It’s going to start soon. Way ahead of schedule, way ahead of schedule,” Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the solicitation published on Friday had “everything to do” with the wall that Trump has proposed. The spokesman said the initial request for information was to give industry the opportunity to tell the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, what is possible in constructing a border wall. “Once we get feedback from the vendors, we’ll look at the ones that are most feasible,” the spokesman said. That would be followed by the request for proposals to firm up exactly how much constructing the wall would cost. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters this month indicated the border wall would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion to build and take more than three years to complete. The report’s estimated price tag is much higher than a $12 billion figure cited by Trump in his campaign and estimates as high as $15 billion from Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The plan laid out what it would take to seal the border in three phases of construction of fences and walls covering just over 1,250 miles (2,000 km) by the end of 2020. With 654 miles (1,046 km) of the border already fortified, the new construction would extend almost the length of the entire border. politicsNews
agency seeks ideas trump proposed border wallwashington reuters the customs border protection agency said friday accept proposals next month design wall built near frontier first step picking vendors president donald trump proposed border wall in document federal government website business opportunities cb said would release request march asking companies prototype ideas wall built near border after reviewing ideas submitted vendors agency evaluate select best designs march issue request proposals march vendors would asked price cost building proposed wall the document says multiple awards barrier expected part process aggressive schedule government construction project it going start soon way ahead schedule way ahead schedule trump told conservative political action conference friday a spokesman customs border protection spoke condition anonymity said solicitation published friday everything wall trump proposed the spokesman said initial request information give industry opportunity tell department homeland security oversees cbp possible constructing border wall once get feedback vendors look ones feasible spokesman said that would followed request proposals firm exactly much constructing wall would cost a department homeland security internal report seen reuters month indicated border wall would series fences walls would cost much billion build take three years complete the report estimated price tag much higher billion figure cited trump campaign estimates high billion republican house representatives speaker paul ryan senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the plan laid would take seal border three phases construction fences walls covering miles km end with miles km border already fortified new construction would extend almost length entire border politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. agency seeks ideas for Trump's proposed border wallWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said on Friday it will accept proposals next month for the design of a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican frontier, a first step in picking vendors for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. In a document on the federal government’s website for business opportunities, the CPB said it would release a request on or about March 6 asking companies for prototype ideas for a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican border. After reviewing the ideas submitted by vendors, the agency will evaluate and select the best designs by March 20, then issue a request for proposals by March 24 in which vendors would be asked to price out the cost of building the proposed wall. The document says multiple awards for the barrier are expected by mid-April as part of the process, an aggressive schedule for a government construction project. “It’s going to start soon. Way ahead of schedule, way ahead of schedule,” Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the solicitation published on Friday had “everything to do” with the wall that Trump has proposed. The spokesman said the initial request for information was to give industry the opportunity to tell the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, what is possible in constructing a border wall. “Once we get feedback from the vendors, we’ll look at the ones that are most feasible,” the spokesman said. That would be followed by the request for proposals to firm up exactly how much constructing the wall would cost. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters this month indicated the border wall would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion to build and take more than three years to complete. The report’s estimated price tag is much higher than a $12 billion figure cited by Trump in his campaign and estimates as high as $15 billion from Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The plan laid out what it would take to seal the border in three phases of construction of fences and walls covering just over 1,250 miles (2,000 km) by the end of 2020. With 654 miles (1,046 km) of the border already fortified, the new construction would extend almost the length of the entire border. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: agency seeks ideas trump proposed border wallwashington reuters the customs border protection agency said friday accept proposals next month design wall built near frontier first step picking vendors president donald trump proposed border wall in document federal government website business opportunities cb said would release request march asking companies prototype ideas wall built near border after reviewing ideas submitted vendors agency evaluate select best designs march issue request proposals march vendors would asked price cost building proposed wall the document says multiple awards barrier expected part process aggressive schedule government construction project it going start soon way ahead schedule way ahead schedule trump told conservative political action conference friday a spokesman customs border protection spoke condition anonymity said solicitation published friday everything wall trump proposed the spokesman said initial request information give industry opportunity tell department homeland security oversees cbp possible constructing border wall once get feedback vendors look ones feasible spokesman said that would followed request proposals firm exactly much constructing wall would cost a department homeland security internal report seen reuters month indicated border wall would series fences walls would cost much billion build take three years complete the report estimated price tag much higher billion figure cited trump campaign estimates high billion republican house representatives speaker paul ryan senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the plan laid would take seal border three phases construction fences walls covering miles km end with miles km border already fortified new construction would extend almost length entire border politicsnews