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1105Peut-être l’USAF (et le Pentagone) n’avait-elle pas besoin du “soap opéra” mineur mais révélateur, qu’a détaillé le site AL.com (du quotidien Alabama Register) le 19 novembre 2010, que reprend dans une courte nouvelle Ambrose Evans-Pritchard dans le Telegraph du 21 novembre 2010. Il s’agit d’une erreur de l’USAF qui, en envoyant des documents contractuels d’évaluation des deux offres aux deux concurrents dans les négociations du programme KC-X (ravitailleurs en vol de l’USAF, marché de $40 milliards), s’est trompé de destinataiure. Boeing a reçu l’évaluation de l’offre EADS par l'USAF et EADS a reçu l’évaluation de l’offre Boeing par l'USAF…
Quelques extraits de AL.com, bien renseigné puisque EADS opère notamment à partir de cet Etat de l'Alabama où serait construit une usine du constructeur européen si celui-ci emporte le contrat, ou une partie du contrat.
«The U.S. Air Force said today that it inadvertently sent internal assessments of the bids for its $40 billion refueling tanker contract to the wrong manufacturers, potentially compromising the high-profile competition between Boeing Co. and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.
»The Air Force recently sent computer files to the rival bidders but mixed them up – delivering its technical review of Boeing’s bid to EADS, and vice versa. The information included pricing data that is closely guarded by the companies as a crucial factor in the high-stakes competition.
»The Air Force said Friday that it was notified of the mistake by the bidders and that the error was not likely to disrupt the selection process. The Air Force had been scheduled to pick a winner for the 179-plane contract – known as KC-X – by Nov. 12, but that deadline passed without a decision.
»“Earlier this month, there was a clerical error that resulted in limited amounts of identical source selection information being provided to both KC-X offerors concerning their competitor’s offer,” said Col. Les Kodlick, a spokesman for the Air Force. “Both offerors immediately recognized the error and contacted the Air Force contracting officers.”
»Kodlick said the Air Force was analyzing the information that was disclosed and had taken steps to ensure that both competitors had equal access to the same data. He said the service was also trying to find out how the mistake happened and ensure that it is not repeated.
»“The KC-X source selection will continue. This incident will not impact our schedule for source selection,” Kodlick said. “However, certain aspects of the source selection have taken slightly longer than originally anticipated and we currently expect the award to occur early next year.”»
A noter que tout va bien puisqu’il n’y avait rien de vital dans les documents c’est certain ; que personne (EADS ou Boeing) n’a lu le dossier de l’autre c’est promis ; que l’USAF dans ses déclarations légèrement embarrassées reconnaît en passant (le 19 novembre) que la décision définitive prévue pour le 12 novembre est reportée, pour la raison lumineuse que le processus dure “slightly longer” que ce qui avait été prévu, au “début 2011” c’est garanti. Hormis cela, tout baigne.
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