Wiltshire manufacturing firm lands £38m MoD contract

Wiltshire-based manufacturer Avon Protection has secured a contract with the Ministry of Defense worth an estimated £38m.

Avon Protection has won the tender for the continued supply of the General Duty Respirator and associated service support for the Ministry of Defence.

Avon has been supplying the Ministry of Defense with GSR masks since 2018 and this new contract award will see the company continue to help protect the lives of those serving in the UK Armed Forces.

The four-year deal, with five further 12-month option periods, is valued at up to £38m.

Jos Sclater, chief executive at Avon Protection plc, said: “We are very proud to have won this competitive tender with the UK Ministry of Defense and to continue to support the UK’s objectives of providing the highest quality protective equipment, the more reliable and trustworthy for UK services. men and women.

“As we have seen with the reported deployment of chemical agents in Ukraine and other recent conflicts, the highest degree of CBRN protection is critical to the operational capability of warfighters in the evolving reality of near-equal hybrid warfare.

“This award is strategically important for Avon. It demonstrates our continued technology leadership in CBRN respiratory protection and provides a solid foundation for our UK business in the medium to long term. We look forward to continuing to provide the UK with a sovereign world-leading CBRN protection capability from our facility in Melksham and to developing new technologies that will provide unparalleled protection to those who defend our nation.”

Richard Bloomfield, Head of Electronic Warfare and CBRN at the MoD’s Defense Equipment and Support, commented: “We welcome the award of this contract, which will ensure continued support for the respiratory protection available to our armed forces.

“We have worked with Avon in supporting GSR for the past six years and look forward to continuing this relationship, providing high levels of protection to our troops around the world.”