Defence Equipment and Support (DE-S) – the UK Defence Procurement Agency – and Rheinmetall signed a framework agreement in June to facilitate the acquisition of infantry ammunition. The agreement is the standard source of some projectiles, ammunition and grenades over the next five to seven years and has an estimated flow of 100 million euros. Defence Equipment and Support (DE-S) is currently negotiating a portfolio of framework agreements with armaments suppliers to allow the repeated purchase of in-service ammunition. The contract with Rheinmetall Defence is the first contract of its kind with the ammunition industry under framework conditions and is a positive step in the way MoD treats the industry. The framework agreement includes 25 specific types of infantry ammunition. (Photo: Rheinmetall) Potential suppliers should keep in mind that the answers to all questions from Parts 1 and 2 of the prequalification questionnaire are reported on the basis of PASS/FAIL. Economic operators who are declared to have failed are automatically excluded from the procedure and are not invited to be tendered. In addition, operators considered to have passed the first part are not invited to tender for technical filters deemed disadvantaged in the second part of the PQQ. Potential suppliers should be aware that if they pass the QQD and ITT levels, acceptance of the framework does not guarantee work.

According to the current fats framework (FATS D-E), about 47% of suppliers have been successful in proposing tasks. Over the past four years, about 50% of the tasks performed through the FATS are worth less than 100,000 pounds, and about 4% have exceeded 1,000,000 pounds. The renewed contract with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishes Rheinmetall as the preferred supplier of 25 infantry ammunition products manufactured at four production sites in Germany and Switzerland. «We are pleased to be able to renew our long-standing supply agreement with the British MoD and to provide the British armed forces with quality and reliable products that have proven their operational and training skills over the past 15 years. This new contract provides the UK MoD with a favourable value for money and a constant confidence in the resupply of insured ammunition products. The UK MoD is an important strategic partner of Rheinmetall and this new contract supports Rheinmetall`s continued growth in the UK defence market,» comments Simon Valencia, Sales Director of Rheinmetall Weapon and Munitions UK. Rheinmetall continues to develop its role as a major supplier of ammunition: in recent days, the Dutch armed forces have also renewed a partnership contract for the supply of ammunition until the end of 2030. . This page contains information on transactions with defenders and instructions for those who want to become defense providers.