Known as Logistic Commodities Services Transformation (LCST), the 13-year contract involves procuring non-military essentials such as food and medical supplies, and providing storage and distribution services for the UK’s armed forces at home and abroad.

The programme will be delivered by Leidos and a team of defence and logistics specialist subcontractors including Kuehne + Nagel, TVS, Agility and Thales.

It is the first time the MOD has attempted a tender of this scale for its logistics functions, and represents a step change in the way it stores and distributes military equipment and supplies, and procures and manages the inventory of common commodities such as food, clothing, packed fuel and medical supplies.

Leidos has been operating in the UK for a number of years under our former name SAIC.