£90m contracts for work on carriers
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Artist's impression of the Future Carrier [Picture: MOD]January 16, 2009 -- £90m worth of contracts have been announced for steelwork, modular cabins, galley equipment and other components for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, HM Ships Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales.
The key contracts announced today, Friday 16 January 2009, which are expected to sustain some 190 jobs nationwide at peak production, include:
• £50m for steelwork for bow sections of the two carriers, to be carried out at Babcock's Appledore Shipyard in Devon, sustaining some 150 jobs at peak production;
• Galley equipment, £3.4m, Kempsafe Ltd (Southampton);
• Modular cabins and wet spaces, £23m, McGill Services Ltd, sustaining about 40 jobs at peak production (Billingham, County Durham);
• Furniture to be installed throughout the ships, £4.4m, McGill Services Ltd;
• Windows, £1.3m, Tex Special Projects Ltd (Ipswich);
• Doors and hatches, £3.9m, McGeoch Marine Ltd (Inchinnan, Renfrewshire);
• Aircraft electrical supplies equipment, £4m, Ultra Electronics PMES (Rugeley, Staffs).
Early steelwork for the bow unit of Queen Elizabeth commenced in Appledore in December.
Today's announcements form part of the £3bn manufacture contract, which was awarded by MOD to the Aircraft Carrier Alliance in July 2008. The Aircraft Carrier Alliance – a single integrated team formed from BVT Surface Fleet, BAE Systems Marine, Babcock, Thales UK and MOD – will deliver the carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. (Edited: mod.uk)
