Maybe one of the bidders will realise that if you ignore the MoD figure of 66 military personnel and construct a bid where all the crews are military then you will have a cheaper solution with far more flexibility. Capitation rate for a Flt Lt or equivalent is 68K whether he/she be co pilot or captain - what's the going rate for a civvy SAR captain? 75K plus or thereabouts?
That is without going into things like surge and concurrent ops, respite tours for SH mates, national security and homeland defence etc etc etc.
SARH was supposed to be a 'blue sky, thinking outside the box' project but the politicians and the MoD have insisted on putting ridiculous constraints on it and we are now on a runaway train that runs the risk of going right off the rails. Maybe there is someone on high who can stop it but, as ever in Britain, we have lots of interested parties pulling in different directions with no clear guidance or vision of what could be achieved.