AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2008
FED: Bungled army truck tender to cost millions - report
The Department of Defence has been forced to recall a bungled 1.6 billion dollar tender
for trucks .. amid claims the former federal government rushed the decision through to
win votes ahead of the last election.
Fairfax newspapers report the tender .. for up to 24-hundred armoured and conventional
trucks .. was awarded to BAE Systems in October last year.
It's believed the tender .. announced by then defence minister BRENDAN NELSON .. was
meant to be a straightforward purchase of trucks already available .. but defence ordered
trucks in sizes which had not previously been manufactured.
Defence Minister JOEL FITZGIBBON has confirmed the Project Overlander tender will be
relet .. which could cost the government 30 million dollars .. with a new tender possibly
adding 300-million to the overall cost.
Mr FITZGIBBON has accused Dr NELSON .. now leader of the opposition .. of failing to
give defence enough time to test the markets or test the vehicles before making the decision.
AAP RTV kd/psm/
KEYWORD: TRUCKS (SYDNEY)
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