LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Britain's Defense Infrastructure Organization is developing a prime contract for management of the country's military training ranges.
The National Training Estate Prime contract will deliver management of training areas, camps and ranges when the current arrangement starts to expire in 2013.
Key sites will include the Salisbury Plain Training Area, Catterick Training Area, Sennybridge and Otterburn.
The contract is valued at between $653 million and $1.5 billion over a minimum of five years and a maximum of 10 years, the Defense Infrastructure Organization said.
The Defense Training Estate supports training for an average of 9,000 military personnel per day. Services to be provided under the project will include management and operation of ranges and training areas, specialist range safety and range warden services.
They will also include built estate facilities management, accommodation services, management of the rural estate, catering, cleaning, construction, range bookings and information management.
"The training estate contains a variety of terrain, buildings, and training facilities across U.K.," said Brig. Ian Simpson, head of International and Training. "By creating a national contract, we will ensure coherent management and optimized value for money across highly complex assets and training requirements."
