apparently they are not living up to their side of the bargain on tech transfers and other stuff
By: Rii - 19th February 2015 at 14:13
By: totoro - 2nd February 2015 at 12:41
It is obvious NATO pressure scuttled the deal but one can’t just tell the best bidder “we changed our minds”, they have to fabricate semi-plausible reasons for it.
By: TR1 - 1st February 2015 at 22:07
Well it was obvious from the start they tried to win through extreme deal sweeteners.
By: Rii - 1st February 2015 at 21:44
Content of the article doesn’t support your headline.
“I cannot say negotiations with the Chinese contender have evolved as we expected,” the procurement official said.
The defense official said: “[CPMIEC is] still in the game. But they don’t stand where they stood when we selected them. We expect all bidders to improve their offers in line with four criteria: better technological know-how, local participation, quick delivery and price.”
Turkish procurement officials earlier admitted that technical negotiations with CPMIEC had dragged into several problematic areas and “this option now looks much less attractive than it did [in 2013].”
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February 1, 2015 at 9:35 pm