The contact follows a competitive tender process using the Government Procurement Service (GPS) frameworks and was awarded under Project Roc, which is managed by DE&S Land Equipment Operating Centre and specifically Operational Support Vehicle Programme (OSVP) within the Operation Support Programme (OSP) area.

The new contract, which follows the 40-month vehicle rental contract for the MOD in the UK awarded to Ryder in 2012, includes the potential of a 12-month extension.

Under the deal Ryder will supply a wide range of vehicles, including HGVs, minibuses, cars and modified vehicles and will reflect the MOD’s planned troop reduction in Germany during the period of the contract.  

The contract provides for full fleet management and services to include provision of vehicles, maintenance, breakdown and incident management, and short term hire.

In addition, Ryder will be supplying an “intelligent vehicle booking system” as part of its Fleet Care On-Line programme to assist the MOD in ensuring that the fleet utilisation is as efficient as possible. Ryder will also be providing fleet utilisation management information to optimise fleet size and deliver savings to the MOD. 

MOD spokesperson, Phil Burton, deputy head Operational Support Vehicle Programme, commented: ‘Ryder has an outstanding reputation for supplying vehicles for MOD operations both in the UK and in Europe. Ryder retained the right, following the tender process, to deliver this capability following 10 years of successfully providing this capability under a private finance initiative (PFI) contract.

‘I look forward to the continuation of the close working relationship with the Ryder team during the coming months to deliver the capabilities and efficiencies we demand.’

‘This new contract will continue our 25 year relationship with the MOD in Germany and further supports our long history of supplying vehicles to the public sector,’ said David Hunt, Ryder's vice president and managing director, Europe. 

‘We are fully conversant with MOD transport requirements and regulations. This new contract agreement enables Ryder to provide a comprehensive range of high specification and fuel-efficient vehicles that will continue to support the MOD’s operational requirements in Germany.’