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You miss the point.
I don't really, I assume that the DfT will have to ensure the contract is being fulfilled as required which will involve some form of audit. My slightly oblique point was that presumably this already happens for the CHC Coast Guard contract, unless they're very trusting, so logically an extension of that system could take place.
The anomaly I was trying to point out was that the current Mil SAR isn't, as far as I know, externally audited which raises the question of how to prove the new system is or isn't meeting the standards of the old one if there isn't a baseline to judge against.