OND ON THIS THEY HAD BEEN
VERY PERSUASIVELL, STEERING GROUP
HAD THEN DECIDED THAT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO DENY VALIDATION HE STRESSED DID NOT MEAN ACCEPTANCE WHICH COULD ONLY BE
E BY EXCO (AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT VIEW THEY WILL TAKE'').
**
WHICH
15. THE VALIDATION HAD TRIGGERED OFF A NEW SUB SEQUENCE' SETTING A TIME LIMIT OF 30 DAYS WHICH THE STEERING GROUP HAD EXTENDED BY 15 DAYS AGAINST PROTESTS BY JAPANESE AND COULD NOT EXTEND MORE BECAUSE PUBLIC HONOUR IS PLEDGED (IE THIS SUB SEQUENCE PROCEDURE HAS BEEN OUTLINED TO ALL CONSORTIA).
11.
IT WAS ONE THING TO ACCEPT A BID WHICH FELL SHORT OF SOME OF THE DESIDERATA: THAT COULD BE DONE BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WERE ABSOLUTE BUT SOME WERE MORE ABSOLUTE THAN OTHERS. BUT IT WAS QUITE ANOTHER THING TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TIMETABLE: FOR REASONS ABOVE THAT COULD NOT BE DONE.
12. IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO BE ASKED TO BE INDULGENT OVER DESIDERATA THAN OVER TIMING (AS THE ANGLO ITALIAN GROUP WERE DOING).
13. I SAID THIS SEEMED TO BE A SUDDEN REVERSAL OF THE RULES. THE BRITISH GROUP HAD UNDERSTOOD THE DESIDERATA AND ESPECIALLY THE ''MUSTS' TO BE THE KEY AND THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULES FOR CONCLUSION OF CONTRACT ETC HAD BEEN STRETCHED BY SEVERAL MONTHS TO GIVE ALL THE GROUPS TIME TO GATHER SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO MEET THE DESID- ERATA. THE BRITISH GROUP HAD THEREFORE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON TRYING TO MEET THE PRICING REQUIREMENT AND THE NEW GROUPING WAS AIMED SPECIFICALLY AT THAT. BUT NOW ONE GROUP HAD PUT IN AN INCOMP- LETE OFFER - IGNORING ONE ''MUST''
IGNORING ONE 'MUST'' - AND SUDDENLY TIME HAD BECOME THE CONTROLLING FACTOR. I WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE BRITISH GROUP HAD PUT IN A BID WHICH MET EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE FIXED PRICE (AS THEY COULD HAVE DONE) AND BEEN ABOUT THAT AND CALLED THAT A PRE-EMPTIVE.
'PERSUASIVE**
14. HE REPLIED IT HAD BEEN OPEN TO ANY CONSORTIUM TO TAKE A GAMBLE ON WHICH DESIDERATA THEY COULD STRETCH. THE JAPANESE HAD DONE SO AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. ON QUESTIONING HOWEVER HE AGREED THAT IT WASN'T A GAMBLE AT ALL SINCE IF THE BID HAD BEEN REJECTED THEY WOULD MERELY HAVE REVERTED TO THE ORIGINAL SEQUENCE. BUT IF COUNTER DIDS ARE REJECTED AND NOT REBID WITHIN THE 45 DAY DEAD LINE THE COUNTER BIDDERS ARE OUT. AS HE SAID (WITH WHAT SEEMED A GRUDGING ADMISSION) THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN VERY SMART.
15. HE THEN STRESSED THAT IT WAS NOW UP TO THE ANGLO ITALIAN GROUP TO AME A ''MEANINGFULL'' COUNTER BID BEFORE 2ND DECEMBER. IT NEED NOT MEET. ALL THE DESIDERATA KYARD M
O SES METAULA
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