It's a shame they didn't pick a helicopter that was described by the tender document... i.e. 4tonns, SPIFR, with a budget of about $43,000,000. Once again, forget the process, and just pick the biggest, most expensive toy that you can get away with.
AW139 may turn out to be a great helicopter, but when will we see probity in the government tendering process. Hope the NSW Health is a fair contest.