Originally Posted by
tigerfish
So it seems that we are back to people who have vested interests in promoting their own products, rubbishing everyone else's again are we?
Just let the MOD make up their own minds on this one!
TF
I think the issue here is the MOD is run by politicians and civil servants and their angle is not always the same as MOD procurement. Politicians like to keep jobs going in the UK, so whatever wins will likely have to be built (under license potentially) at Leonardo in Yeovil (or another facility if someone else wins). If Leonardo say the 149 will be built there, they are already 50% of the way to winning IMO. Anyone who cannot match that has a considerable hurdle to overcome commercially or technically. I was involved in an aviation tender recently for a government where the value to the local economy was given the same weighting as the price.
You might see something similar with UK SAR now that the UK is not bound by EU procurement rules with overall value to the UK judged rather than just price and technical.