Up to six consortia have been shortlisted to work up bids for the trio of regional Prime deals following a programme of visits to key defence establishments.

During the last few weeks MoD estate procurement teams have escorted bidders to 28 of the 230 main establishments covered by the contracts, selected for their diversity and importance to military outputs.

Now firms will draw up bids to deliver maintenance and repairs to the built estate, with other services including a 24/7 helpdesk for estate-users. The contracts also include options for land management services and construction projects valued below £3.93m.

Supply chain bidder contacts

Regional Prime Central (including Catterick Garrison, Beacon Barracks Stafford, RAF Shawbury and RAF Valley training bases, DST Leconfield, Wattisham Airfield, RAF College Cranwell, and the intelligence and security centre at Chicksands):

Axiam – Interserve Defence and DynCorp International LCC
Contact: Paul Starkey
Tel: 0207 902 2000; 07770 857 648
Email: paul.starkey@interserve.com

Babcock Support Services
Contact: Stephen Pearce
Tel: 01179 664 677
Email: stephen.pearce@babcock.co.uk

Carillion Enterprise – Carillion Services and Enterprise Managed Services JV
Contact: Tom Hancock
Tel: 07980 739 185
Email: tom.hancock@carillionplc.com

KBR – Kellogg Brown and Root and Balfour Beatty Workplace
Contact: Ian McBride
Tel: 01372 862 328
Email: ian.mcbride@kbr.com

Regional Prime South East (including RMA Sandhurst, DMRC Headley Court, HQ Land Forces Andover, Hyde Park Barracks, Woolwich Barracks, Horse Guards, RAF High Wycombe and RAF Northolt):

Babcock Support Services
Contact: Stephen Pearce
Tel: 01179 664 677; 07977 108 971
Email: stephen.pearce@babcock.co.uk

Carillion Enterprise
Contact: Tom Hancock
Tel: 07980 739 185
Email: tom.hancock@carillionplc.com

KBR and Balfour Beatty Workplace
Contact: Ian McBride
Tel: 01372 862 328
Email: ian.mcbride@kbr.com

PriDE (SERP) – Interserve Defence Ltd and SSE Contracting JV
Contact: Ty Robinson
Tel: 0207 902 2000; 07881 741 682
Email: ty.robinson@interserve.com

Regional Prime South West (including various Royal Marines bases, RNAS Yeovilton, RNAS Culdrose, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) headquarters):

Babcock Support Services
Contact: Stephen Pearce
Tel: 01179 664 677; 07977 108 971
Email: stephen.pearce@babcock.co.uk

Carillion Enterprise
Contact: Tom Hancock
Tel: 07980 739 185
Email: tom.hancock@carillionplc.com

Landmarc Support Services – Interserve and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Contact: Mark Neill
Tel: 07766 301 937
Email: mark.neill@landmarc.mod.uk

David McLaughlan, the Next Generation Estates Contracts senior commercial manager, said: “Good prime contractors need healthy, robust supply chain arrangements, which is why we will be exploring bidders’ plans in this area of development during this key stage in the procurement process.

“I would urge smaller businesses with innovative estate solutions to make their offering known to the bidders for these contracts as early as possible.”

The bidders will shortly be issued with a formal invitation to engage in ‘competitive negotiation’ as they develop their Regional Prime tenders.

They will also be invited to attend the Defence Academy at Shrivenham in early November for a conference on the service requirements, prior to submitting tenders in December 2012.

It is expected that the three contracts will be awarded by early 2014 and in service by mid 2014.