The UK government is to introduce a revised industrial participation policy for defence procurements. The MoD will ask companies to set “voluntary targets” for UK content and to articulate, before signing the contract, their plans for opening opportunities for the UK supply chain. The government will then provide “support” to deliver on the plans. A minimum of 10 percent of the tender evaluation weighting must be allocated to...
The British government is reopening a competition to build Fleet Solid Support ships. It also expects that the winner will not be an overseas company and will have to carry out much of the work locally.
Taiwan won’t publish its new offset regulations for another year but it’s already becoming clear that the island plans to emphasise benefits for its defence industry, preferably with dual use. A recently published Quadrennial Defence Review cites the value of offsets in a section discussing supply and maintenance of defence materiel.
Ircon International, India’s state-owned rail construction company, is talking to Malaysia about a barter deal. The company would engineer, procure, and construct a railway project on the western side of Malaysia, starting near Kuala Lumpur...70 percent of the payment would take the form of palm oil.
The government of Mozambique is in the process of revising its Local Content Law. The new law aims to increase local participation in projects covering energy, agriculture, tourism, construction, and mining by enforcing a minimum percentage requirement.