Lost at Sea - the RAF gave advice on the interim contract but did not scrutinise the details of the bids - hence, bull!!!!! claims by the bidders made it past the MCA who naively trusted the contractors to tell the truth.
Crab,
your quote above is totally incorrect and you know it, and if you didnt know it then you should not comment, a RAF Sqn Ldr (SAR force pilot) was the technical evaluator for the MCA interim contract.