§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether a risk assessment was made in the first assessment of the Nottingham Air Traffic (ATC) contract. [93693]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 28 January 2003]: I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the Wattisham air traffic contract. A risk assessment was included during the bid evaluation process for the first competition of the Wattisham air traffic contract, and that process identified areas of concern in all bids. The resulting contract with VT Aerospace (contract CS 4D/ 2017) was, however, terminated by mutual consent and the competition was re-run between the other bidders, leading to a contract with Serco (contract CS 4D/2027).