sole-sourcing

This does nothing more than encourage the government to do more and more business in-house or to justify sole-sourcing to existing contractors.

PlanetSpace Files COTS Protest - NASA Watch 2009

Possible sole-sourcing attacks in particular may have put cabinet off a decision over a year ago.

Buffalo tempest rather overdone 2008

The received view is that the issue was sole-sourcing as such for Predators:

Israelis in Afstan to support Canadian UAVs? 2008

The government would have a very hard time reversing itself (one can hope) on not sole-sourcing Predators (the way to get them quickly).

Manley panel: Marines, helicopters and UAVs (and copying) 2008

Last year, the air force recommended the purchase of the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle for use in Afghanistan, but members of the Harper cabinet derailed that proposal, citing concerns that yet another large-scale defence contract would be awarded to a U.S. firm the concern appears not to have been the US firm per se but the fact that more sole-sourcing would have been controversial - MC.

Helicopters and UAVs are still not "on order" 2008

We will abandon the sole-sourcing approach to defence contracts taken by the Conservatives so what would they have bought other than C-17s and C-130Js A400Ms?

Liberal platform on defence 2008

The Predator proposal, part of the Conservative government's draft defence plan, was bounced back to air force planners after concerns were raised by senior ministers about the military sole-sourcing yet another defence contract.

Armed UAVs 2007

The Predator proposal, part of the Conservative government's draft defence plan, was bounced back to air force planners after concerns were raised by senior ministers about the military sole-sourcing yet another defence contract.

No Reapers for the CF 2007

Ottawa is effectively sole-sourcing its purchases of helicopters, tactical aircraft, cargo planes and fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft.

Yes and no 2007

This article purports to explore the issue of sole-sourcing simple or de facto military equipment, particularly aircraft.

Hatchet job 2007