Armoured Vehicle Training Services

Defence

Written answers and statements, 21 July 2005

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Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the key dates in the Armoured Vehicle Training Services project from prequalification questionnaire to the decision to abandon the project.

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Adam Ingram (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence; East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow, Labour)

The Armoured Vehicle Training Services (AVTS) project has not been abandoned. As the ministerial statements on 15 June announced, we decided to seek an alternative to the current private finance initiative (PFI) solution. This decision was reached after a detailed assessment of the landmark bid concluded that the PFI deal did not offer an acceptable value for money solution. This change in direction will allow us to examine other procurement options. Key dates in the Armoured Vehicle Training Service project are provided in the following table.

Key dates in armoured vehicle training service project
Date Event
January 2000 Pre-Qualification Questionnaire issued
February 2001 Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) Issued.
October 2002 Final Bids received
November 2003 MOD/Industry agree to Best and Final Offer stage
July 2004 Intended Preferred Bidder announced
June 2005 Announcement to seek alternative to current PFI

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