National shipbuilding procurement strategy wikipedia. The nsps shipbuilding value chains duke university. Increase skills, exports and prosperity across the uk. However, the national shipbuilding procurement strategy was soon suffering from rising costs and lengthening delays. Creating a national shipbuilding strategy nss was announced with the following three core objectives. Results of the national shipbuilding procurement strategy. The national shipbuilding strategy is a longterm project to renew canadas federal fleet of combat and noncombat vessels. The one exception where experience was lacking in government and with third parties was the launch of the original national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps, now known as the nss. Emerging lessons from the national shipbuilding procurement strategy by ian mack march 2019 page 3 emerging lessons from the national shipbuilding procurement strategy this aspect of complex endeavours is a critical component to success and never easy. The strategy concerns the procurement of new surface ships for the royal navy and royal fleet auxiliary the latter delivers logistical and operational support.
Moreover, the presence of multiple ministers is seen as hampering accountability and responsiveness. The national shipbuilding procurement strategy secretariat, which is led by public works and government services canada with membership from industry canada, national defence, and fisheries and oceans canada, will establish a set of standardized measures that will provide canada with regular insight into the productivity of the two selected. Much to the relief of nsps supporters, the liberal government did not end the program when it was elected in 2015, although it is now referred to as the national shipbuilding strategy nss. According to the pwgsc website the national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps solicitation of. This meant that the government would order a ship and the shipyards would be busy for a while, then there wouldnt be another ship ordered for years, sometimes. The nss was developed under the stephen harper government in an effort to renew the fleets of the royal canadian navy rcn and the canadian coast guard ccg. Atlantic supplier session november 7, 20 michelle macdonald, senior industrial benefits advisor marine, atlantic canada opportunities agency ottawa office. National shipbuilding strategy fact sheet backed by a rising defence budget will. The nss will accomplish this by establishing strategic partnerships with two shipyards, with one building combat vessels and the other noncombat vessels. National shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps brian j. We found that commercial shipbuilding in the united states has been completely surpassed by the global shipbuilding industry to the point where it survives only to fulfill the niche market of the.
Canada announced canadas national shipbuilding procurement strategy. Government of canada announces national shipbuilding. National shipbuilding strategy 101 naval association of. National shipbuilding procurement strategy ted campbell. The national shipbuilding strategy outlined the governments aspirations to reform naval procurement by reintroducing greater competition into uk shipbuilding. Naval procurement and the national shipbuilding strategy at 19 ships, compared with 35 in 1997, the royal navys frigate and destroyer fleet is. National shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps nsps combat work package irving shipbuilding. The dps reforms successfully resolved challenges on the maritime helicopter project and the national shipbuilding strategy, but it could not overcome the institutional separation between departments in the procurement system. Seaspan marine corporation seaspan marine traces roots back to 1898, currently. These two activities were expected to take approximately 36 months. Following extensive consultation with industry, the national shipbuilding procurement strategy was launched in june 2010 renamed the national shipbuilding strategy in 2016 nss has evolved to meet new challenges and emerging requirements. February 2020 update pdf, 7 kb parliament has taken a keen interest in the governments national shipbuilding strategy nss. The national shipbuilding strategy is helping restore our shipyards, rebuild our marine industry and create sustainable jobs in canada while ensuring our. In the context of the nsps procurement, however, the engagement was particularly fraught.
There is a somewhat biased but still very useful look at the successes of the national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps in the ottawa citizen by howie smith who is the past president of the naval association of canada. Uk shipbuilding is primarily driven by military sources of demand and longterm national security considerations. In june 2010, the government of canada announced canadas national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps. The national procurement strategy for shipbuilding is a government implemented strategic program of canada to restructure the fleets those comprise the royal navy department of the nation.
Given the magnitude of the opportunity and the novelty of this national endeavour, a robust. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Presentations focused on the joint support ship jss, the arctic offshore patrol ships aops, and the canadian surface combatant csc. The csc program is to consist of up to 15 ships to replace canadas 12. This national shipbuilding strategy gives uk industry and uk shipyards certainty on the warships which will be built in the united kingdom, and clarity on the plans for support shipping, where we expect them to make compelling bids in an international competition. Much to the relief of nsps supporters, the liberal government did not end the program when it. The national shipbuilding strategy is an unprecedented longterm, multibillion dollar commitment to renewing canadas federal fleet. The government of canada today announced the national shipbuilding procurement strategy, a longterm plan that will create good jobs in hightech industries across canada and provide much needed ships for the canadian navy and the canadian coast guard. The national shipbuilding procurement strategy and nova. The shipbuilding strategy has been initialized in the year 2010 through the. National shipbuilding strategy nss shipbuilding and. Parliamentary information and research service, library of parliament, forthcoming.
National shipbuilding strategy 101 it has been almost nine years since the conservative government announced the national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps. In november 2009, a national and international conference on developing a shipbuilding and ship procurement strategy for canada was held at queens university, kingston. The organizers, presenters, and participants to this conference assumed that political, military, and industrial leaders. National shipbuilding procurement strategy archives. National shipbuilding strategy it has been almost 10 years since the conservative government announced the national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps. Operates 38 tugs and 120 barges seaspan ferries 8 vessels. Homer wrote about war and weapons, not military procurement. Both cases involved some of the largest equipment expenditures since the second world war and possessed the ability to transform canadian industry. National approaches to shipbuilding and ship procurement. Onto the rocks with disaster looming, national shipbuilding strategy needs urgent change of course 4 initially, the process for selecting two shipyards was widely celebrated for being competitive and armslength from government. National shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps leads. The nsps shipbuilding value chains 3 nsps national shipbuilding procurement strategy ofsv offshore fisheries science vessel oosv offshore oceanographic science vessel. The purpose of this study was to examine the shipbuilding industrial base and its ability to support the united states national security strategy. National shipbuilding strategy sea defence procurement.
In future our industry will focus on creating top class. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. It will be referred to as the nss throughout even though some references in the early years of the strategy refer to nsps. But if ever a government program had the potential to turn into greek tragedy, its the national shipbuilding procurement strategy a sixyearold program that seems far better at procuring political embarrassment than anything else. Mr smith is a retired canadian naval officer who has provided consultancy services to several firms pursuing opportunities. The national shipbuilding strategy nss, formerly the national shipbuilding procurement strategy nsps, is a government of canada program operated by the department of public works and government services. We formed partnerships with 2 canadian shipyards to deliver muchneeded vessels to the royal canadian navy and the canadian coast guard. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Chapter 3national shipbuilding procurement strategy. After the selection process, the next step in the national shipbuilding procurement strategy was the negotiation of a partnership agreement between the government and the shipyards, followed by the work to rebuild shipbuilding capacity in both halifax and vancouver. National shipbuilding procurement strategy puts canadians at risk. National shipbuilding strategy originally called the national shipbuilding procurement strategy was to end the boomandbust cycle that has characterized canadian shipbuilding.