{"id":52191,"date":"2015-01-06T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T14:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b3c7f8afd32667db991e5495c77df0e9"},"modified":"2015-01-06T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T14:14:22","slug":"news-story-babcock-awarded-900-million-army-vehicle-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=52191","title":{"rendered":"News story: Babcock awarded \u00a3900 million army vehicle contract"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The contract will transform the way the army\u2019s vehicles are maintained, repaired and stored. <\/p>\n

It also has the potential to grow to around \u00a32 billion as a result of plans, subject to value for money, to optimise a broader scope of services.<\/p>\n

From April 2015, Babcock will deliver and transform the services currently provided to the army by the Defence Support Group (DSG) land business.<\/p>\n

The \u00a3900 million contract will generate total savings to the army of around \u00a3500 million over the life of the contract, a saving of over a third. The contract was awarded as part of the sale of DSG to Babcock<\/a> for \u00a3140 million, which was announced in December last year.<\/p>\n

Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne said:<\/p>\n

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This contract is excellent news and puts DSG on a sustainable long-term footing to support maintenance and availability of land platforms for the army, in a similar manner to existing contracts for support of platforms for the other services.<\/p>\n

Babcock will provide DSG with key engineering and fleet management expertise, which it has built up over 15 years of working with the Army. DSG<\/a> will also gain the potential to provide vehicle maintenance to other existing heavy vehicle customers which it is unable to do while owned by the MOD.<\/p>\n

The contract will also ensure the Army\u2019s continued access to improved vehicle repair and maintenance support – all at significantly better value for money for the taxpayer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Babcock has committed to develop DSG and has already identified commercial work for DSG from within the Babcock Group.<\/p>\n

No MOD sites will close on sale. All DSG land business staff will transfer to Babcock with their terms and conditions protected. Babcock will lead a business improvement programme over several years which is aimed at optimising the output performance of the business. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Defence has awarded Babcock International a \u00a3900 million 10-year contract for the maintenance of the army\u2019s land vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}