Air Force Order Challenged
Earlier this month I posted about the USAF awarding a contract to Boeing to produce new HH-47 helicopters for search and rescue operations. Lockheed, one of the losing bidders, has challenged the award and believes that their bid was judged unfairly. They want the GAO to review the award process.
"We believe the criteria used to evaluate were not applied uniformly," Lockheed spokesman Greg Caires said this week. A review by the Government Accountability Office "is essential for us to more fully understand the reasons the decision was made."
The complaint may delay the order and fuels debate about the contract after a separate protest announced Monday by United Technologies Corp.’s Sikorsky, whose Pave Hawk aircraft was the incumbent on the order.
I don’t know how the decision was made, so I can’t comment as to the validity of Lockheed’s claims. We’ll see how it turns out in the end.
Related: Boeing Wins Military Orders
