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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So he intends to Sole Source to Boeing, vs an open contract competition?


6 posted on 12/22/2016 3:38:05 PM PST by Elderberry
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To: Elderberry

No, he’s just shopping.


9 posted on 12/22/2016 3:40:22 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Elderberry
So he intends to Sole Source to Boeing, vs an open contract competition?

Why not? The Super Hornet is a proven aircraft that does what we need it to do minus some stealth capability--and it's a hell of a lot cheaper.

16 posted on 12/22/2016 3:43:20 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Elderberry

He’s asking for a cost...it’s market research. Completely legal.


20 posted on 12/22/2016 3:44:43 PM PST by D Rider
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To: Elderberry

Yes. He has said many times that he had a pen and a phone and has no need to mess around with Congress or bureaucratic red tape.

No! Wait! He never said that! You just pretended he said that!


21 posted on 12/22/2016 3:45:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: Elderberry

“So he intends to Sole Source to Boeing, vs an open contract competition?”

So? The Super Hornet is a Boeing product. If the gov wanted to buy iPhones, do they need to open contract away from Apple??


42 posted on 12/22/2016 4:09:48 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Elderberry
So he intends to Sole Source to Boeing, vs an open contract competition?

That's what you got from this? You do realize that a major part of the cost overruns are because politicians meddle and allow their pet contractors to seriously underbid and then don't punish them for grossly scalping the taxpayer after they get the contract.

He's telling both companies that if they want to do business they need to get their acts together.

101 posted on 12/23/2016 3:19:51 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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