Sessions Comments on Release of Tanker RFP Draft

Statement

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) made the following comments today regarding the release of the draft Request for Proposals in the U.S. Air Force's tanker recapitalization program:

"We learned today that the Air Force, in an effort to reduce the potential for protest or appeal, is going to utilize more objective criteria in its selection process. It is critical that the criteria be written in a way that delivers the aircraft that is the best value to the military. We have not seen the actual document, so I'm not yet able to express an opinion on whether it meets that test. Industry will also have to look closely at that question, as well as whether the final RFP is written to favor one bidder over the other.

"We have fallen far behind the planned schedule for replacing our aging tanker fleet. For a number of years this has been the Air Force's number one acquisition priority, and it is past time for the Air Force to move ahead with this competition."

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