# Foxhound Command Variant

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MINISTRY OF DEFENCE](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED](/contract-winners/general-dynamics-united-kingdom/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £9,985,030
- Tender value: £19,760,000
- Award date: 15 December 2023
- Published: 18 December 2023
- Contract start: 18 December 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 947e325d-e8ab-4782-b6c8-050ade741bbf-707874
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ecbaaf27-b1b2-42b8-bdc3-ab9df039bdc5

## Description

The Authority has identified a need to generate 50 Foxhound Command Variants\. To accommodate this, Army commercial will seek to convert up to 50 Foxhound Light Protected Patrol Vehicles to Command Variant, via a single source contract with General Dynamics Land Systems UK\. The conversion will provide enhanced VHF, HF and UHF capability, whilst providing the users with a working environment suitable for operating BOWMAN data terminals\. The conversion will also include vehicle performance enhancements, required to support the new variant and function on the platform, including mission battery improvement and crew display systems\. General Dynamics UK are the OEM and Design Authority of the Foxhound Platform and have developed the design for the modification using private venture funding As the Design Authority, and only contractor to have access to the design for the modification, General Dynamics UK is the only contractor which is able to perform the requirement, for technical reasons\. Further, General Dynamics UK is the Design Authority for BOWMAN and are also the only UK Licenced company by US DOD, under ITAR, to install BOWMAN on a new variant of Foxhound\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/947e325d-e8ab-4782-b6c8-050ade741bbf-707874)