A story in The Economic Times reports that India’s military has cancelled a helicopter tendering process over allegations of bid manipulation by one of the competing bidders:
The Defence Ministry is planning to scrap a proposal to procure eight medium-lift helicopters for the Coast Guard amid allegations of manipulation by one of the two vendors in the race for the tender.
The tender for dry-leasing eight choppers for the Coast Guard is in the process of being scrapped as the provisions for procurement were complex and there were also issues over the serviceability of the choppers on offer, Defence Ministry sources told PTI here.
The validity of the commercial bids submitted by the two companies also expired three months ago as the Government did not want to go ahead with the procurement procedure, the sources said.
This would be the second time when the tender would be scrapped as an earlier tender for dry-leasing such choppers was also cancelled.
