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Fleet Solid Support Ships

Answer

The Ministry of Defence contract for 11 Lots through the Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP), with each Lot providing a suite of services to deliver end outputs as agreed through each Lot contract. An overview of the Lots and their descriptions are within the table and the image below.

CORE FMSP Lots:

Lot No.	Title	Strategy	Start Date Note 1	Contract Duration Note 1	Bidder(s)	Status
1	Naval Base Services at Devonport	Single Source (QDC)	1 Apr 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	Babcock	Contract live, due to expire in March 2026.
2	Ships Engineering Management and Delivery at Rosyth, Devonport & Clyde	Single Source (QDC)	1 Apr 2021	5 years plus option for 1 years	Babcock	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 April 2026
3	Submarine Engineering at Devonport & Clyde	Single Source (QDC)	1 Apr 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	Babcock	Contract live, due to expire in March 2026
4	Hard Facilities Management Services and Alongside Services at Clyde	Single Source (QDC)	1 Apr 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	Babcock	Contract Live, due to expire in March 2026
5	Hard Facilities Management Services and Alongside Services at Portsmouth	Competitive	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	Joint Venture between BAES & KBR Interserve	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026
6	Soft Facilities Management Services at Clyde	Competitive	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	Babcock ESS ISS Sodexo	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026
7	Soft Facilities Management Services at Portsmouth	Competitive	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus option for 2 years	ESS ISS Sodexo	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026
8 Note 2	Ships Engineering Management and Delivery at Portsmouth	Single Source (QDC)	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus option for 1 year	BAES	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026
10	Warehousing and Distribution at Portsmouth	Competitive	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus options for 2 plus 1 years	Kuehne & Nagel Unipart Wincanton	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026
11	Warehousing and Distribution at Clyde	Competitive	1 Oct 2021	5 years plus options for 2 plus 1 years	Babcock Kuehne & Nagel Unipart	Contract live, will extend for 2 years from 1 Oct 2026 with option to extend further 1 year if required.
12	National Freight	Amendment to contract awarded through competition	1 Oct 2021 (Portsmouth) 1 Apr 2021 (Clyde)	Until 1 Aug 2028 (Note 4)	Leidos	Contract live

Notes:

1. Start date and contract duration relate to the period of service delivery. They exclude any transition period ahead of service delivery.

2. Lot 8 was originally two lots, separating engineering management and delivery. Lots 8 and 9 were merged into a single Lot 8 before Invitation To Negotiate (ITN) release.

3. Details of the two winning bidders will be provided via a separate LIMDIS note.

4. The Leidos contract under lot 12 expires on 1 Aug 2028. The intention is to add the additional scope to the contract for the remainder of its life.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

73554

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Fleet solid support ships

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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