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I would say they are NOT awarded based on the following:

Good afternoon:

The FAA is still in the process of making a decision on the CWO competitive procurement as the contracts have not yet been signed and therefore are not yet awarded. As a result, the FAA is postponing the paper debriefs NLT March 31, 2013.

Thank you.

Kathie Petito-Peverall, Contracting Officer, AAQ-230
Facilities & Flight Services Contracts Branch
Terminal & EnRoute Contracts Division
Office : (202)385-8591
Fax : (202) 493-4612

As far as technically being "awarded",, I have no clue-- but if a signature is all that is required-- after the rebuttal meeting- it's a done deal. A re-bid is unlikely due to the fact that competing contractors will know what the winning bid price was from what was released in Dec 2012. Also,, if any blame can be attributed to the delay in the awards on the part of the FAA-- it's unfair to penalize a winning contractor by going through the process once again.

The way the awards were done if there was a problem in one or two of the groups it would affect the awarding of all the groups. I hear there are questions about 12 of the groups awarded.

What you're saying is that it would be unfair to re-bid everything because everyone has the winning prices. True that everyone has the winning prices but with what wages were those prices bid with? Who knows as the wages supplied were all over the place. It would really be just a guess as one company may have been provided with 2009 wages while another was provided with 2012 wages. How can the winning amount be accurately analyzed? So that's really irrelevant when considering a re-bid as it would not be known what wages they used to bid.
Your second point was that it would penalize the apparent winners. They shouldn't have won to begin with and it penalizes all bidders, not just the apparent winners. Everyone has to put the same effort in to re-bid everything. What it really comes down to is, do you believe the companies that were awarded (although not yet actually awarded) groups based on mistakes should be allowed to keep their awards knowing the process was flawed?
The fact is, there were serious mistakes made by the FAA and it affects every company. Just because some benefited from the mistakes does not mean others should "penalized."

The union has no control over the FAA's decision to close or not to close a site. In fact, financially it makes more sense to close a union site due to the associated higher cost. If you were an employer would you rather pay $35 or $30 per hour for the same services? I mean, it only makes sense. Some will take that as a personal jab toward unions, but it is not meant to be so. I'm not anti-union, just stating a fact. But the fact a site is union or not has nothing to do with Service Level ratings which is ultimately what determines whether it is closed or not. My bigger concern is the overall cost it is causing to the CWO entire program. This could ultimately impact whether the FAA can afford to have any CWO's. I personally would rather still have a job at lets say $28 per hour rather than a couple more years at $35. Just my humble opinion. My main point is that unions have no control over what sites get closed and which sites remain open.

So what stations closed?

Just the 16 that are due on the 1st of May correct.