big risk
I'm quite surprised that anyone is now seriously involved in going for this tender as this Government is staring down the barrel of the gun come the next election. Or is this another contract negotiated by the Administration containing lots of payouts to the winner should it be canned by a successor? If so then surely such beligerent, overt, malicious, political intent is just another illustration of the nasty, spiteful people holding the keys to power in the UK.
Either way, if we're paying for something we don't want we should at least be told about how it could cost us in the future.