A&P secures £80m MoD contract

[Whickham]

A&P secures £80m MoD contract

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended A&P Falmouth's contract to support and maintain its Royal Fleet Auxiliary for a further five years. The deal is worth about £80m.

Peter Child, managing director of A&P Falmouth, an A&P Group subsidiary, said the contract extension through to June 2018 was confirmation that the 'Cluster Support Programme' partnership with the MoD provided excellent value for money.

Child said: "Clustering has achieved a far more economical approach to ship repair and maintenance of the RFA Flotilla through advanced planning, our knowledge of the vessels, our highly skilled workforce and pride of 'ownership' of the ships.

"The cluster programme team has worked very hard on this contract in Falmouth and around the world supporting ships on deployment. Extension of this contract reaffirms that A&P can be trusted to meet the very complex needs of our clients and the longer term contract term helps to give A&P Group yards security in our future."

Since 2009, major refits have been completed in Falmouth by A&P on the RFA Argus, RFA Mounts Bay, RFA Largs Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay. A five month programme of work to RFA Lyme Bay is underway.

Gerald Pitts, A&P's cluster director, added: "The longevity and continuity of this contract means we can take forward opportunities for innovation and improvement we have identified since being awarded the Through Life Support contract in 2008."

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I wonder if any of this will make it's way North?

[magoonigal]

Be very nice if it did, but I have my doubts.

[Tynesider]

I have read this on three other sites and nowhere do they mention that work will come to the Tyne A & P yard just the Falmouth yard, maybe they think we do not know anything about Naval ships!

I 'think' this is the last RFA/ Naval job done at A & P yard Fort Austin in October 2007

Not counting these 'sold' pair in October 2010!

[magoonigal]

Nice to see some pictures from the River, worst thing they ever did closing the Right of Way on the North Side