Tender: Global Sourcing, Storage and Distribution of Defence Materiel – Future Defence Support Services (FDSS)

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The Authority is seeking a supplier for a one‑lot Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) contract to deliver global sourcing, procurement and inventory management for the FDSS Materiel Range, worldwide storage and stock management for FDSS and Authority‑managed materiel (including receipt, storage, accounting, maintenance, issue and disposal), load sortation, consolidation and cross‑docking, and worldwide movement and distribution across road, rail, air and sea, together with removals and relocation services for Defence personnel and provision and fleet management of movement media. The FDSS Materiel Range covers three high‑level groups: Support the Human Being (including medical, dental and veterinary equipment, blood and blood products, pharmaceuticals and medical consumables, recreational equipment, toiletries, clothing, personal protective equipment and subsistence), Platform Componentry (including aviation, maritime and land spares and components, batteries and electrical components, HVAC and lighting components, bearings, oils and lubricants, construction and materials handling equipment) and Off‑Platform items (including tools and workshop equipment, construction materials, alarms and signals, furniture, hardware, industrial gases and chemicals, packaging and food preparation equipment, weapons and spares, and related services). Potential future scope includes expansion of sourcing, storage footprint (including possible international locations and CONDO support), distribution scale, and increased repair, maintenance and disposal responsibilities. The contract term is 10 years with a permitted 2‑year extension, an estimated goods and services value of £8–18 billion across the contract life, a performance‑based pricing model with incentivisation, is classified OFFICIAL‑SENSITIVE, and carries a High cyber risk profile (RAR‑250417A05). Further detail is referenced in the supporting SOR Summary and Data Spreadsheet.