United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 16675
Armed Forces: Body Armour
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7 July 2026
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13 July 2026 · Answer
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Defence
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13 July 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to ensure the Virtus recompete contract is awarded to a company that can guarantee domestic production in the UK.
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7 July 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to ensure the Virtus recompete contract is awarded to a company that can guarantee domestic production in the UK.
Source: Commons
13 July 2026
Answer
The Virtus Recompete procurement is being conducted under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 as a restricted competition, which includes tenderers from the UK. The evaluation criteria have been designed to award a contract ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-07/16675
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1925190
- uk · wq-1925190 · source updated 13 July 2026