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One of the military's simplest procurement projects is being tied down by red tape (www.cbc.ca)
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Despite facing heavy pressure to ramp up military spending, the Department of National Defence (DND) has slow-rolled one of the least complex of its vehicle replacement programs.

The light utility vehicle program has been on the books for several years. Its purpose is to update the military's fleet of two-decade-old Afghan war-era Mercedes G-Wagons and civilian-grade utility vehicles, such as pickups and SUVs.

The light utility vehicle program isn't as high-tech as some other military procurement projects — but it's still a perfect example of how a procurement system petrified of making mistakes can take a very long time to get anything done, said Steve Saideman, a defence expert at Carleton University.

"We'd rather have no corruption and slow purchases rather than [moving] fast and [accepting] more risk of making mistakes," he said.

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If only we wasted less money. Every item procured is late and costs more than anticipated.

Look at the new AOPs that Irving is fumbling though making. They're delivered with massive deficiencies, can't do half of what was on the contract, and somehow are out of warranty so Irving won't pay for the repairs? Seems reasonable.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Irving should be banned from bidding on any Canadian contracts ever again.

And before the nationalists jump in, I don't gaf if they're the only Canadian company capable of jobs like this. If they can't do it right they can listen to Al.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One could argue that they aren't capable of these types of jobs due to the end product being a fucking half billion dollar joke a piece.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Yup. The whole Irving empire is just one big cesspool that should be broken up.