§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Airfield Support Service Project; when it was put out to tender; how many times bidders have been asked to resubmit their bids; what the projected date for conclusion of the bidding process was; when it will take place; and when the public sector comparator was finalised. [149056]
§ Mr. IngramThe Airfield Support Services Project tender was issued on 20 September 2001.
Since receipt of their responses in April 2002, bidders have been requested to review their prices on three occasions— in December 2002, May 2003 and September 2003.
The original projected date for conclusion of the bidding process (Contract Let) was October 2003. The latest revised programme is mid-2004.
The Public Sector Comparator was originally set in September 2001 and communicated to bidders in November 2001. Since then there have been two revisions, which were advised to bidders in March 2002 and February 2003.