Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the social value criteria of the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
The procurement of the Fleet Solid Support ships exceeded the Cabinet Office policy to provide 10 per cent Social Value in the tender evaluation criteria. The recapitalisation and Social Value programme will be a contractual requirement alongside the ships and will be subject to milestone payment evidence and other mechanisms to ensure financial incentives and compliant delivery.
Progress will be monitored through regular reporting and joint-governance forums, with additional on-site monitoring of activities by the MOD.
There are no plans to publish the social value criteria for the Fleet Solid Support ship contract as to do so may be prejudicial to the MOD's commercial interests in relation to the running of future defence procurement programmes.