Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the price for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract was adjusted to reflect that one of the parties was state-owned.
This question was answered on 9th February 2023
No. The Fleet Solid Support ship competition was run strictly as set out in the rules contained in the Invitation to Negotiate, including the application of the evaluation criteria. These requirements, including the budget, were applicable to all prospective bidders in the competition from the outset.