National Flagship: Procurement

(asked on 5th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the procurement process he has launched for the (a) design and (b) construction of the UK’s national flagship is covered by the security exception set out in Article III of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.


Answered by
Ben Wallace Portrait
Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 26th August 2021

The procurement of the Flagship will be compliant with the UK’s obligations, under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. Construction of the National Flagship will be limited to the UK in order to protect the essential interests of national security. As set out in the Prior Information Notice published on 2 July 2021, the National Flagship will be built in the UK. The Ministry of Defence will conduct a competition for the design of the ship in order to ensure that we can procure a world-class design which UK companies will be encouraged to bid for.

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