helicopter factories in Świdnik and Mielec will lose an opportunity to develop and create new Polish jobs? What's your take on this?
Welcome to a hybrid system between value based and politically motivated procurement in a world of increasingly open markets.
Remember, two tenders were awarded, the anti ballistic missile defense (ABM for short) awarded to Raytheon USA and the helicopters awarded to Airbus France.
I say politically motivated because while the chosen ABM is capable and battle proven, in terms of value it is a tough sell against competitors from... Let's just say our Eastern Neighbors, whom were not invited to bid. And the main competitor it had comes from the country which won the other tender so...
I say value based because the Airbus offer met the technical requirements at the lowest price, and comes from a country that belongs to many of the same blocks (EU, NATO, EEA, etc etc etc). So the local competitor (supposedly) failed to achieve the same balance.
By the way, I am stating neither agreement nor disagreement with the choices that were made. Just putting some food for thought and discussion on the table.