- £560 million contract to deliver management of facilities,
rural estates and operational services.
- 1,308 jobs supported across the entirety of the UK Defence
Training Estate, delivering on the Prime Minister’s priorities.
- UK training estate plays a crucial role in preparing troops
for operations across the globe, including supporting the
UK-based training of thousands of Ukrainian volunteers.
Delivering facilities management, rural estate management and
operational services across the 156,000 hectares which make up
the UK Defence Training Estate, around 1,300 UK jobs will be
sustained by the replacement contract, delivering on the Prime
Minister’s priority to grow the economy and support jobs across
the country.
Comprising 16 major armed forces training areas and 104 minor
training areas including ranges and camps, the UK Defence
training estate includes sites from Salisbury Plain in the South
West to Barry Buddon in Scotland as well as many
more. Through the new contract, Landmarc which is a joint
venture between Mitie and Amentum will provide UK and visiting
Armed Forces with a safe and secure place to live, work and
train, while maintaining and improving the land, buildings and
facilities that they use.
The contract will also deliver vital services to training troops,
including providing them with around four million meals a year
and approximately one million bed spaces.
Innovative, more responsive, and flexible services will be
introduced for personnel using the training estate, resulting in
facilities that will be more agile to meet the changing needs of
the Armed Forces.
Minister for Defence Procurement, said:
This significant investment will help to ensure we continue to
offer safe, secure and well-maintained training facilities for
our Service Personnel as they prepare for operations worldwide.
The UK’s Defence Training Estate also provides a huge boost to
our economy, with this contract sustaining more than a thousand
jobs across the country.
The training estate covers around one per cent of land in the UK
and plays a crucial role in preparing UK and visiting troops for
operations across the globe, including supporting the UK-based
training of thousands of Ukrainian volunteer recruits.
The training being delivered on our sites has so far equipped
more than 10,000 Ukrainian personnel with battle-proven skills
and expertise. These individuals are volunteers recruited into
the Armed Forces of Ukraine with little limited military
experience, so it’s essential their training provides the skills
required to be effective in frontline combat.
Our Training Estate teams have delivered specific operational
training requirements, from the digging of trench systems and the
re-design of training areas, to supporting on the ranges where
Ukrainian recruits are developing their marksmanship skills.
Brigadier Jonathan Bartholomew, Head DIO Overseas &
Training Region, said:
We are passionate about the work we do every day to support our
Armed Forces by offering a safe place to train.
This new contract for the training estate will offer safe,
secure, and well-maintained training facilities, meals, and beds,
for our Service personnel as they prepare for operations
worldwide.
The new contract offers the opportunity to transform the way we
manage our training areas. We have a good working relationship
with Landmarc and I look forward to continuing our work with them
to improve the training estate so that it meets the unique and
ever-changing needs of our Armed Forces as well as offering a
safe place for the public to visit.
The training estate includes training camps, range complexes and
field firing areas, as well as Sites of Special Scientific
Interest and Special Conservation Areas. Much of the training
estate is open to the public and this new contract will help to
ensure that these important spaces are well maintained and are
kept safe for both the public and the military to use.
Mark Neill, Managing Director at Landmarc, said:
We are thrilled to be awarded this new contract and build on 20
years of outstanding service delivery to ensure that the UK
Defence Training Estate delivers safe and sustainable locations
to train our Armed Forces.
Every single one of our 1,300 strong team has had a part to play
in providing the critical services that enable our Armed Forces
to train effectively, deploy on operations and return home
safely. We look forward to continuing our strong
partnership with DIO and working with its wider industry partners
to transform the lived experience of Armed Forces personnel who
use the Defence estate to live, work and train.
Major General Richard Clements, Director Basing and
Infrastructure said:
A well-maintained estate is critical to providing a safe
environment in which to prepare our soldiers for operations and
is therefore key to the success of the British Army. The new
Training Estate contract will see Landmarc deliver essential
services that will ensure infrastructure and facilities are well
maintained to enable Defence’s world-class training.
