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Air Force: Contracts

Volume 487: debated on Monday 9 February 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what multi-activity contracts (MACs) the Royal Air Force has; and what the (a) scope, (b) monetary value and (c) date of expiry of each MAC is. (254361)

The scope of each individual multi-activity contract (MAC) is different, covering a range of services that support the operation of the station. These services may include, for example, cleaning, waste disposal, transport and supply and management of consumables. For large training units the MAC is often linked directly with the contract to provide the training output.

The monetary value and date of expiry of each RAF multi-activity contract is contained in the following table.

Location of MAC

Expiry date

Current estimated annual monetary value (£ million)

RAF Valley

March 2012

13.8

RAF Cranwell

March 2013

13.2

RAF Northolt/Uxbridge

March 2010

9.7

RAF Brampton/Wyton/Henlow

March 2011-March 2012

7.9

RAF Shawbury

March 2012

6.3

RAF Brize Norton

March 2010

5.4

RAF Lyneham

March 2012

4.5

RAF Cosford

December 2011

4.4

RAF High Wycombe

March 2010

4.2

RAF Halton

March 2010

4.0

RAF Linton

March 2010

2.0

Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS)/RAF Fylingdales

March 2009

2.6