Written questions

Armed Forces: Body Armour

2026-07-06 · Ministry of Defence · 16675 · Official question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to ensure the Virtus recompete contract is awarded to a company that can guarantee domestic production in the UK.

Answer

The Virtus Recompete procurement is being conducted under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 as a restricted competition, which includes tenderers from the UK. The evaluation criteria have been designed to award a contract ...