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Army tendering blunder comes under fire


DAN OAKES AND LINTON BESSER
February 19, 2010

A MULTIMILLION-dollar tender for essential battleground equipment has been cancelled after allegations that the army's tender process was tainted by bias.

A secret investigation of the awarding of a $20 million contract for backpacks found there was ''perceived bias'' within the Defence Materiel Organisation against an Australian business, which lost out to a multinational defence company.


from the Sydney Morning Herald

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http://www.smh.com.au/national/army-tendering-blunder-comes-under-fire-20100218-oiyn.html