Foxhound Technical Demonstrator

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · awarded 31 August 2024 · delivered in South East

£19.8m Award value £19,800,000
1 Supplier Recorded as a large business
31 Aug 2026 Runs until from 31 Aug 2024

Who

BuyerMINISTRY OF DEFENCE LONDON
Supplier GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS UK
Categorygoods
ClassificationArmoured military vehicles CPV 35410000
Notice published12 July 2024

What it is for

*VOLUNTARY TRANSPARENCY NOTICE ONLY* Army Commercial, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a twenty-four-month contract to General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited to produce up to three Foxhound (FHD) vehicle Technical Demonstrator Platforms (TDP) and associated technical publications. The content of these publications includes but are not limited to, information on manufacture, support, upgrade, trials, test and evaluation. The TDPs will be used by the MoD to assess whether the current in-service FHD fleet could be modified to extend its use beyond the current Out of Service Date (2030). There is a Future Soldier FHD Land Fleet Requirement deficit and the TDPs will allow the MoD to understand whether new build FHDs could meet the extant FHD requirement. Furthermore, the TDPs will also be used to ascertain the suitability of the FHD as a vehicle that may be procured to replenish other military vehicles that were Gifted in Kind to Ukraine. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 (as amended) for Technical Reasons. This is because General Dynamics UK Ltd are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and…

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