It has been reported that after their recent procurement disaster over the purchase of F-35s the Conservatives remain in the firing line this week as MacKay’s £2b purchase of 138 armoured vehicles is stopped by the Department of Public Works. French multi-national, Nexter, General Dynamics Land Systems and BAE/Hagglunds were all short-listed but appear to have failed the ITT stage after passing the PQQ segment of the process. Full details available here.
