USAF tanker contract rebid
22 Aug 2008
The US Department of Defense has reopened the bidding for a controversial US$40 billion contract to build the US Air Force’s future tanker fleet.
The Pentagon released a revised request for proposals (RFP) on 6 August, which includes changes that appear to give new advantages to both Boeing and its competitor, a team of Northrop Grumman and EADS.
The RFP went to Northrop-Grumman and Boeing, and addresses concerns the Government Accountability Office raised about the original award of the contract in February.
The GAO recommended that the Air Force re-bid the contract, originally won by a Northrop Grumman/EADS/Airbus consortium in February.
Boeing protested the decision, and in June the GAO agreed that there were irregularities in the contracting process.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said DoD would address each of the GAO’s findings.
Defense officials will take a week to discuss elements of the draft with Northrop Grumman and Boeing.
Starting again
The GAO recommended that the USAF rebid the tanker contract after a Boeing protest was upheld.
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