The Ministry of Defence on 13 March 2014 and 3 March 2016 announced a total of £525m investment at Barrow.

The announcement on 13 March 2014 stated that “More than £300 million is to be invested into building the Royal Navy’s next generation of nuclear submarines. It included the image shown below.

Over the next 8 years BAE Systems’ boatyard in Barrow-in-Furness will undergo a transformation, part funded by the Ministry of Defence, to improve the infrastructure at the site, which has been making submarines for over a century.

Around 850 contractors will work on the development at its peak to replace older buildings with newer, larger, state-of-the-art facilities to allow the construction of the UK’s future nuclear deterrent submarines, known as Successor.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond made the announcement,….”.      The £300 million of infrastructure work that will take place over the coming years will not only protect 6,000 highly skilled jobs at the site, but also provide thousands of additional construction jobs.”                            Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/300-million-investment-for-uk-submarine-industry

The announcement on 3rd March 2016 stated that “The investment will include £225 million of investment for new facilities, at BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, where the submarines will be assembled. That investment will ensure the submarines are built with maximum efficiency“.          Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-secretary-announces-642-million-investment-in-next-generation-nuclear-submarines

There is a very good introductory video prepared by BAE SYSTEMS which describes the nature and scale of the shipyard modernisation at Barrow. It can be found below:

Morgan Sindall and Wates Construction together with Costain are the three Framework Contractors engaged by Bae Systems to deliver the different elements of the shipyard modernisation programme. which is consistently delivering significant benefit for local companies in Cumbria and Lancashire.

FEDF can brief your company on the different elements of the investment programme and on the support available through Cumbria Growth Hub including its video of Allan Day of BAE SYSTEMS explaining the significance of the shipyard modernisation. 

If you wish to supply to Morgan Sindall PLC then you should have a look at http://construction.morgansindall.com/supply-chain 

To apply to join the supply chain see: http://www.buildersprofile.co.uk/BP/mc-msg.html and use http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/Nagivage-by/PAS/PAS-91-2013