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Good to see Team Resolute still in thr running for £1.5billion FSS competition
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/uk-firms-still-running-huge-24884974
Probably a better read
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/09/uk-mod-awards-contracts-for-fleet-solid-support-competition/
and from the official government .gov website :-
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-enters-next-stage-of-fleet-solid-support-competition
oldtramp ref 14.00 post the official press release from the MOD can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-enters-next-stage-of-fleet-solid-support-competition. Looking at the bidders I think that it is still a two horse race between Team UK and Team Resolute.
Ref my 14.04 post If you look at this from the Leidos website https://www.leidos.com/company/global/uk-europe/defence. It is not clear how Leidos can meet the requirement to build substantial parts of the FSS in the UK. They would need to basically sub contract virtually all of the shipbuilding work. The same goes for Serco.
"The award of the Competitive Procurement Phase (CPP) design contracts, each initially worth around £5 million, means the Fleet Solid Support competition has successfully moved to the next stage."
"The contracts will enable bidders to develop their design proposals and the next stage will seek details of how they would fulfil the wider delivery needs of the programme. "
From the above i would like to think some of the money would be spent on upgrades to Belfast and Appledore ?
The view from twitter https://twitter.com/geoallison/status/1433019320817303563 detailed analysis from UK Defence Journal.
Stokey if nothing appears on LinkedIn regarding FSS do you agree we could be in for an RNS ?
oldtramp ref 15.12 post I just checked LinkedIn and there was nothing from H&W or JW when I checked. That said I do not think it follows that there would be an RNS.
Todays news can only be positive however I have no idea how long the process will take, does anyone here have an idea ? having sold here after the fund raise back last May, have bought back in today but my buy was shown as a sell, I intend to hold now for the long term, bust or boom ! Roly. GLA
roly12 ref 15.41 post The next three steps in the process are:
8. Release of Draft Manufacture Contract: October 2021
9. Manufacture Bid Submission (in respect of CPP Stage 1) Deadline: November 2021
10. Manufacture Bid Submission (in respect of CPP Stage 2) Deadline: July 2022
Many thanks stokey12, I have always read your input here, keep up the great research, are you by any chance based in N.I. ?
I am south but used to keep a yacht in Bangor, so know the area well and have asked local opinion about Island Magee.
roly12 ref 16.19 post No I live in England although I am in Belfast next week.
If driving, take the Bangor rd from Belfast and you will drive past Samson & Goliath, Impressive, enjoy Belfast also Titanic centre well worth a visit and afternoon tea in the 1st class dining room. Roly.
Serco have teamed up with Damen to bid for the FSS this is the link to their website https://www.damen.com/ I am not sure if they have built a warship before though.
Interesting you use the term warship Stokey
"The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) released in September 2017 stipulated that the design and construction of these ships would be subject to an international competition pitting UK firms against those overseas in order to encourage competitiveness.[1] Classified as "non-warships", the vessels were required to be tendered internationally as per Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).[7][1][8] This received opposition from political parties, including Labour and the Scottish National Party, as well as trade unions, such as GMB and the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, who criticized the potential loss of work for British shipyards. They recommended that the ships be reclassified as "warships" and therefore exempt from the treaty, allowing them to be built in British shipyards.[6] Sir John Parker, whose recommendations formed the basis for the National Shipbuilding Strategy, also criticized the government's approach as "not the right strategic approach" and recommended that "UK-only competition should be considered for future defence-funded vessels"
Also Damen do not have a yard in UK however they do have off the shelf hulls available my guess is they have been included to keep cost quotations down ?
Also worth noting Sir John Parker is also on Carnival board along with Sir Jonathon Band
https://www.carnivalcorp.com/media-center/board-of-directors
oldtramp ref 18.31 post These ships were redesignated as warships last year I believe that is how the stipulation about ships having to be integrated in the UK. This might come as a problem as Serco does not have any shipyards to complete the shipyards. I am not sure if there any shipyards left that are not part of either Team UK or Team Resolute with the capacity to do all the work that would be needed.