From ensuring availability of mission critical assets and fleet management to engineering training and support, Babcock is a chosen support partner of the British Army.
Military training
Babcock has a 30-year contract with the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME), delivered by Holdfast Training Services, a Babcock led consortium. The partnership between the Army and Holdfast brings together the best qualities of industry, academia and UK Armed Forces to deliver acclaimed training at the Royal School of Military Engineering. By applying modern learning methodologies, the partnership is developing innovative training delivery solutions in support of vocational, graduate and post graduate qualifications.
Babcock manages and operates The Armour Centre, the Army’s main armoured training facility, in Bovington Dorset - providing training, maintenance and support services for the Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Driving and Maintenance School, AFV Communication and Information Systems School and the AFV Gunnery School.
Babcock works in partnership with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), managing and delivering a comprehensive range of courses and qualifications in the UK and overseas that are recognised as best in class. Supporting the front line, we deliver training in partnership with a range of defence equipment manufacturers.
Facilities Management
With two Regional Prime Contracts, Babcock is the market leader in providing facilities management to the Defence Estates organisation and the Ministry of Defence. Using its in-house capabilities and a dedicated Tier1 supply chain, Babcock is able to manage expectations and deliver a wide range of services, enabling Defence Estates to focus on supporting military capability.
Vehicles
Through a joint venture, ALC, with its partner Amey plc, Babcock delivers the 16 year PFI C vehicles capability contract. Voted the top performing PFI contract 2006/07 the contract deploys 2,200 engineering support vehicles around the world on behalf of the Royal Engineers and Royal Logistics Corps. In addition to vehicle availability, the contract covers asset replacement and disposal, in fact most of the equipment acquisition (CADMID) cycle.
In partnership with Lex Vehicle Leasing, Babcock delivers the White Fleet contract providing a range of over 14,000 vehicles to the Ministry of Defence. A further 400 White and Green vehicles are managed and maintained in a 10 year contract as sub-contractor to Aspire Defence on the Allenby Connaught PFI.
Babcock builds and supports specialist military vehicles and is currently responsible for the detailed production planning, purchasing and manufacture of Jackal 2 4x4 patrol vehicles for delivery to support operations in Afghanistan.