michaelc you keep saying Boeing MAY VERY WELL GET a different result!  Did you people not READ the GAO report?—
We all read the GAO report and know what it says and Boeing is getting it’s way with a rebid and now they are complaining about the rebid.  Boeing will only be happy when they are awarded a sole source contract.

So that is a moot point. 

Why doesn’t Boeing just put forth a larger tanker and then the whole arugement Boeing has is gone.

But Boeing is not going to do that because they are trying to dump the 767 off on somebody.  Why not give the Airforce the newest technology verse the old junker planes that are going to be a mix match set of parts?

Boeing MAY VERY WELL GET a different result!  Did you people not READ the GAO report?  The report clearly states that if not for the errors committed by the Air Force selection process, Boeing my VERY WELL HAVE BEEN SELECTED!  It amazes me that seemingly intelligent people can not grasp this simple fact.

michaelc - I’m not sure I know what you are trying to say.  I quoted Shay Assad, the U.S. Defense Department’s director of procurement and acquisition policy.  He says there was no substantial change in requirements.  They just addressed the procedural issues raised by the GAO.
. Boeing is free to re-submit their bid as is, or put forth another product altogether.  That is their call.

michaelc , here you go, boeing already the sore loser again. boeing lost they need to get over it. boeing is holding our airforce hostage, for the tanker deal. if boeing can not buy their contracts they will find a way to steal them.
this is crazy, boeing now knows what eads has and is using any excuse to force a complete rebid. boeing is making it clear they will use any means to control our military, if they can not profit then the military will not get the aircraft they need.

Last time I check they did lose the second time and then they protested the Award and now we are at round number 3.  That is if you count the first time when the Boeing CFO and the Air Force Procument Officer went to jail.
So michaelc why doesn’t Boeing submitt plans for a larger refueling tanker?

You might want to re-read the GAO report BamaBob.  the report never once said the RFP needed to be changed, only that the criteria and rules for selection set forth by it were not follow.  Run the proposals against the ORIGINAL RFP actually doing what it says and lets see what happens.  If Boeing loses, so be it.

I agree with BamaBob Boeing is telling the military what to buy instead of reading what they want and then delivering a refueling tanker that meets those requirements.  Boeing is being given the chance to redo their proposal and submitt a larger plane if they want to.  But instead of doing this Boeing wants to submitt the same proposal again and then expect different results.

The revised request incorporates changes recommended in June by the Government Accountability Office, according to Shay Assad, the U.S. Defense Department’s director of procurement and acquisition policy. It does not otherwise represent a “substantial” modification in requirements, he told reporters at a briefing.

“Both sides got something they wanted and both sides got something they didn’t want,” aviation analyst Scott Hamilton said later in a phone interview.

The Air Force and apparently the DoD now, have a real problem understanding that they can’t make up the rules as they go.  Reevaluate the proposals under the original RFP, applying the rules stated, and if Boeing loses, so be it! 

The only thing this ‘revised’ RFP is doing is changing the rules to justify the original decision.  I know it, Congress nows it, and the majority of the American people know it.

Boeing seems to be having a real problem understanding that the customer is supposed to get what they want for the money they are willing to spend instead of something the builder can’t unload on the open market anymore.