The UK Government is moving to scrap plans to recruit a private consortium to run a military procurement service after all bidders pulled out but one.

The tendering process was designed to operate under a GoCo (Government-owned, contractor-operated) arrangement, with the tendering for a outsourced provider expected to deliver increased efficiency.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, said that the withdrawals created uncertainty as to: “whether it is in the public interest to proceed with only a single commercial bidder and an internal option, or whether alternative approaches should be considered".

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