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Is that the new kids on the block that have taken nearly a year and only produced 2 Vikings?
AFAIK. The incumbent contractor is still supplying manpower to the new kids due to the fact they are unable transfer their documentation onto military paperwork.
You are very quick to defend the incumbent contractor who seems to have in two years produced IRO five servicable motor gliders when they have the facility's, staff and infrastructure in place to maintain two fleets of aircraft and was responsible for most of this situation in the first place ( some of it inherited from the blue suit days ) and is also has responsibility for the CAMO side of things. The fact that the incumbent contractor HAS to do part of the CAMO work rather leaves the new kids on the block to some extent reliant on the incumbent contractors for paperwork.
No doubt with the track record of the incumbent contractor it would not have gone unnoticed by the staff that there is more that an outside chance that the uncumbent contractor might not get the support contract so it is not surprising that you are not too enthusiastic about the arrival of another contractor on your turf.
But as I said in the post above the current two contractor situation will allow the MoD to judge both contractors on their merits over he next few months and when the time comes to award the support contract use the knowlage gained to pick the best contractor to ensure an uninterrupted supply of gliding to the VGS over the next ten years.