Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Corruption In Britain's MoD Helicopter Deal?

MoD Halts Helicopter Deal As Police Probe 'Irregularities' -- The Telegraph

The Government has halted a £6 billion procurement programme for search and rescue helicopters, after the preferred bidder admitted it had access to commercially sensitive information.

Ministry of Defence police are now investigating how the information came to be in the possession of CHC Helicopter, a member of the Soteria consortium.

Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox had disclosed in December that information had come to light regarding the bid which "required clarification".

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My Comment: The preferred bidder probably now regrets that it admitted it had access to commercially sensitive information .... but clearly something is wrong.

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