Originally Posted by
tucumseh
Setting this aside, there are two sure-fire ways to a successfully and timely contract being awarded. One, get the company to draft it. Most delays are caused by Commercial faffing around for months over terms and conditions, trying to get the company to accept unsuitable ones. It ain't a contract until MoD agrees it is, so there can never be any harm caused. Two, the technical project manager negotiates and agrees the contract, as used to be the case with anything airworthiness or repair related. Commercial don't like this as they are taught, wrongly, only they can sign a contract.