As a team, our serious concerns were expressed to the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force that the acquisition methodology outlined in the request for proposal (RFP) would heavily weigh the competition in favor of the smaller, less capable Boeing tanker. Northrop Grumman’s analysis of the RFP reaffirmed those concerns and prompted the decision not to bid.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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(h/t LGM)
It is, or at least it used to be, standard practice in the corporate hiring world that, if you had a favorite candidate for a job opening, but were required to open up the job listing to all comers, you would write the job description carefully to exactly describe the strengths, and minimize the weaknesses, of your favored candidate.
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