Artikkel som gir insikt i hvordan prosessen nå utspiller seg i Finland.
Kilden er bak betalmur, og google translate er brukt. Har uthevet noe, og husk at språket ikke blir 100% med google.
https://www.kaleva.fi/suurten-panosten-havittajakauppa-ratkeaa-salassa-m/3433284
The Defense Forces will recommend one winner, politicians will choose
The fighter that is the most successful in the war games against a modern and strong enemy is the Air Force's and Defense Administration's proposal for a new fighter to Finland.
During 2021, the government will select the successor of the Hornet from among five fighter bidders. The final choice of Finnish political decision-makers may also be other than the proposal of the Defense Forces.
- We will only present the winner, emphasizes [Brigadier Juha-Pekka] Keränen, the Air Force's HX project manager.
If the government asks, the Defense Forces can also state, for example, the second and third placed and present the reasons for its ranking.
Keränen admits he would be astonished if the politicians chose something other than the winner of the performance comparison presented by the Air Force.
If the politicians don’t choose the Defense Forces favorite, it won't be due to the costs being too high.
All fighters up to the performance appraisal have had to pass strict limits on purchase price and life cycle costs, as well as industrial cooperation and self-sufficiency.
They will be analyzed at the same time as the war games for the manufacturers ’final bids to be submitted by the end of April. A rejected result in some area drops the candidate out of the performance appraisal.
According to Keränen, the process is carefully documented so that it treats the manufacturers participating in the tender equally and is fully traceable. If the politicians would choose other than the number one in the selection process, they would be left with the burden of proof to the direction of the manufacturers.
The Finnish Parliament has already approved an acquisition of 10 billion €, of which 9.4 billion will go to fighters and weapons and 0.6 billion to system transition and infrastructure building for the Defense Forces. The use of a fighter jet must not cost more than ten percent of the approximately € 2.5 billion defense budget each year.