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U.K. MoD Says Lack of Competition Dooms Defense Procurement Privatization

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

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The U.K. Ministry of Defense has dropped plans to have defense acquisition delivered by a government owned-contractor operated (GOCO) entity because the effort was non-competitive--there was only one bidder. From an initial flurry of interest and a high of three bidding teams, only one, led by San Francisco, Calif.- based Bechtel [BEK]--Materiel Acquisition Partners--remained in the bidding. Thus, Secretary of State for Defense Phillip Hammond told Parliament, “I have therefore concluded that the risks of proceeding with a single bidder…

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