Why even invite Westlands to the next party? When have they ever done the MOD a favour which has not quadrupled the cost
Things may be different following recent name changes, but as Westland and GKN-Westland they pulled MoD out of the sh!t so many times. The typical scenario was MoD's prime contractor reneging on contractual obligations (yet receiving full payment) and Westland stepping in to do the job properly, often without any contract cover or promise of payment. One of very few companies that never, not once, remotely let me down in 131 projects/programmes.
The nearest I heard to a complaint from them was the occasion I was "invited" to the head shed and asked if I thought my (MoD civilian) boss was taking a backhander from CDP's favoured supplier.