MoD will need to work closely with industry to ensure resilience in its supply chains. The MoD outsourced its central warehousing and the procurement of some of its commodities—food, clothing, general and medical supplies—to a consortium under the “Team Leidos” banner through the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) contract in 2015. This has been successful overall, forecast to generate financial efficiencies of £403 million over the life of the contract and has increased...

MoD will need to work closely with industry to ensure resilience in its supply chains. The MoD outsourced its central warehousing and the procurement of some of its commodities—food, clothing, general and medical supplies—to a consortium under the “Team Leidos” banner through the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) contract in 2015. This has been successful overall, forecast to generate financial efficiencies of £403 million over the life of the contract and has increased the agility of MoD’s supply operations. The MoD is looking at incorporating the learning from the LCST contract into its £1.8 billion FDSS programme for Type: recommendation | Number: 4 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. above, within 12 months of the date of the Committee's report. This will coincide with a key investment decision milestone for the FDSS programme.