One final point... Bristow rescued 7,000 people over the last 2 decades, CHC rescue between 200 and 800 people per base (Ireland slightly different), Avincis rescued 7,000 people in ONE year.... Those figures tell me that Avincis is the World Leader in SAR, HEMS etc.... Are they not going to be the top bidder?
Why bother having a Competitive Dialogue procedure at all then? Surely the DfT can just base their decision upon what's contained on each bidder's website.
