BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters)– The German Defence Ministry on Thursday claimed it would certainly avoid an open tender for the prepared acquisition of 5 even more corvettes valued at 1.5 billion euros as well as rather ask the three-company consortium that constructed the existing battleships to send a quote.

“The defence ministry has decided to ask the ARGE K130 consortium to bid for procurement of five additional, nearly identical ships,” a ministry spokesperson claimed.

German legislators have actually criticised the ministry’s strategies to avoid a competitors, claiming it broke fundamental purchase concepts drawn up by Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen.

The ARGE K130 team that constructed the initial 5 Braunschweig- course corvettes was led by Blohm + Voss GmbH, a Hamburg- based shipyard, with involvement of 2 various other shipyards, Friedrich Luerssen Werft in Bremen as well as SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH.

German legislators in October revealed strategies to invest 1.5 billion euros to purchase 5 even more of the ships to reinforce safety in the Baltic Sea as well as the Mediterranean.

Von der Leyen introduced reforms to boost the openness of the armed force’s purchase procedure quickly after taking control of as protection priest in December 2013, complying with a collection of detractions as well as issues with earlier tools programs.

Two of the most significant programs introduced ever since have actually faced hold-ups as they browse the even more extensive procedure.

The ministry has actually postponed a 4 billion euro purchase of brand-new multi-role ships by 6 months, as well as a quote to develop a brand-new medium-range projectile protection system can be found in billions of euros over anticipated degrees, which will likely likewise create hold-ups. (Reporting by Sabine Siebold, Writing by Andrea Shalal, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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