KIER OPENS £70m SUBCONTRACTOR HUNT ON ARMY BARRACKS REBUILD

Kier has launched a major supply chain recruitment drive for its £243m overhaul of Keogh Barracks in Aldershot, inviting firms to bid for major construction packages worth nearly £70m.

The contractor is delivering the Ministry of Defence scheme under the Defence Estate Optimisation Single Living Accommodation and Technical Infrastructure Programme, which will modernise living, working and training facilities across the Army base over the next five years.

Kier has now started market engagement for a series of major work packages, giving suppliers the chance to secure places on forthcoming tender lists before procurement begins later this month.

The biggest opportunities include a £19.6m groundworks package, a £12.6m lightweight steel frame contract, an £8.8m external envelope deal, £7.6m of structural steelwork and £6.4m of roofing works.

Other substantial packages cover brickwork, windows and doors, landscaping, security systems, building management systems and specialist M&E installations.

The Keogh Barracks project forms part of the MoD’s wider programme to improve accommodation and technical infrastructure across the defence estate.

Kier stressed that the notices are currently pipeline opportunities only, with package values and procurement dates remaining subject to change before formal invitations to tender are issued.

On the present programme groundworks will start in March 2028, with structural steel expected to start in May, with brickwork and window and doors packages set to mobilise just after.

Keogh Barracks supply chain opportunities