The 80,000 square metre Defence Fulfilment Centre (DFC)
is the size of ten football pitches and will
revolutionise the way we support our Armed Forces across
the world. It will be a central hub for the storage and
distribution of Defence’s £30 billion inventory,
including spare parts, food, clothing, and medical
supplies.
Minister for Defence Procurement, said:
The Defence Fulfilment Centre in Donnington will
transform the way we store and distribute essential
supplies to the Armed Forces who keep us safe.
Supported by our rising defence budget, this £83
million investment and partnership with leading
logistics specialists is concrete evidence of our
determination to give our personnel the very best
support wherever they are in the world.
The DFC has been delivered to time and on budget and
consists of two warehouses and a support building. The
facility, based in Donnington and managed by Kuehne +
Nagel on behalf of Team Leidos, will use new warehouse
management systems to maximise value for money and manage
the complex supply chains of the 21st Century seamlessly.
Alongside special environmental storage, the DFC’s
automated storage and retrieval system will be capable of
picking more than 1000 items an hour.
Chief of Material (Land) at the MOD’s Defence Equipment
and Support organisation, Lieutenant General Paul Jaques
said:
The Defence Fulfilment Centre will transform the way we
support our servicemen and servicewomen. Contribution
to Operational Readiness through the provision of
supplies and commodities to our Armed Forces will be on
a par with industry best practice as a result of this
investment in state-of-the art facilities.
The opening of this centre on time and on budget is
testament to the close and positive collaboration
between Defence Equipment and Support, and Team Leidos.
I very much look forward to seeing this fabulous
facility fully operational in 2019.
The site has been opened as part of the Logistic
Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) programme,
which aims to deliver our Armed Forces what they want,
when and where they want it as efficiently as possible.
The programme is being delivered collaboratively by the
MOD and Team Leidos and will build an efficient and agile
support network with the ability to support current and
future military operations.
Leidos Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Roger Krone
said:
The completion of the Defence Fulfilment Centre is an
important milestone in our strategic plan to deliver
enhanced information technology and logistics services
to the Armed Forces.
This state-of-the-art facility is a conduit to ensuring
front-line troops can get what they need, when they
need it, by offering a more efficient and effective
processes across the supply chain.
