I'm not sure that tendering is quite the obstacle that some suggest - we somehow manage to buy stuff without tendering all the time (RC-135, P-8, E-7 Wedgetail), and the NS bought the fourth P60 with no pre-contracted option-to-buy or tender: they were offered it by Appledore, thought it was a good plan and bought it. No one took the Government to court over it, and with €80million at stake, any of the European yards would have thrown a hissy fit if they had any grounds to.
It would be very easy to call a boot buy a UOR - if you blokes have no boots then it's urgent, and it's certainly an operational requirement to be able to walk on non-carpeted surfaces....
It would be very easy to call a boot buy a UOR - if you blokes have no boots then it's urgent, and it's certainly an operational requirement to be able to walk on non-carpeted surfaces....
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