Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
(asked on 15th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2021 to Question 44207 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement, to which (a) companies and (b) consortiums the £5 million design contracts have been awarded in that procurement.
This question was answered on 20th September 2021
As announced on 1 September, the four consortia awarded Competitive Procurement Phase (CPP) contracts for the Fleet Solid Support competition are (in alphabetical order):
- Larsen & Toubro, which includes UK company Leidos Innovations, teamed with Gibbs and Cox.
- Serco/Damen, which includes UK company Serco.
- Team Resolute, which includes UK companies Harland & Wolff and BMT, teamed with Navantia.
- Team UK, which includes UK companies Babcock and BAE Systems.
The award of the CPP design contracts, each initially worth around £5 million, means the Fleet Solid Support competition has successfully moved to the next stage.