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<p>Team Resolute, a team consisting of Harland & Wolff, BMT and Navantia UK has
been announced as the Preferred Bidder to build the Fleet Solid Support ships. Navantia
UK, a UK registered company, will hold the contract as prime contractor.</p><p> </p><p>The
majority of the shipbuild will take place in the UK. The precise balance of work between
each individual yard is a matter for Harland & Wolff.</p><p> </p><p>No workers
are currently employed in building the Fleet Solid Support ships by Harland &
Wolff at any of its sites. No contract has yet been signed for the ships. Harland
& Wolff has indicated that it expects the workforce employed to build the ships
to grow by around 1,200.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people employed by BMT in the
competition for the Fleet Solid Support ships is purely a matter for the company.
BMT has indicated that it expects its workforce engaged to deliver the Fleet Solid
Support ships to grow to around 120.</p><p> </p><p>The number of jobs sustained in
Spain to deliver the Fleet Solid Support ships is a matter for the contractor concerned
but it will be fewer than the number of jobs sustained and created in the UK.</p><p>
</p><p>The transfer of technology and skills from Navantia to the UK shipbuilding
industry that the Fleet Solid Support ship programme will facilitate includes provision
for a team of Spanish shipbuilding experts to be resident within Harland & Wolff
in order to upskill local staff to deliver the construction in the UK and ensure build
productivity and quality levels are met.</p>
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