Common Procurement of Carl Gustav Ammunition expands

Poland joins Joint Procurement Initiative on Carl Gustav Ammunition, Czech Republic initiates accession. The recently launched EDA Joint Procurement Initiative on the common purchase of different kinds of ammunition for the Carl Gustav recoilless multi-purpose rifle attracts additional customers.

Given the opportunities of pooling demand and the communalities of the ammunition purchased through this common procurement, initiated by the three Baltic Countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and Polish national needs, Poland decided to join the Joint Procurement Initiative in early July. On Monday this week, their accession became valid by virtue of an exchange of letters between the Polish Ministry of Defence and the EDA.

Additionally, the Czech Republic announced today that they too want to become a contributing Member State to this common project and join the Joint Procurement Initiative.

EDA acts as a central purchasing body in this common effort and is tendering a respective five years framework agreement, with a possible renewal of two more years, allowing all contributing Members to purchase ammunition according to their national needs.

EDA’s Deputy Chief Executive, Rini Goos, welcomed the expansion of the Common Carl Gustav Procurement by saying: “EDA is a facilitator and multiplier for European defence cooperation. This common procurement initiative illustrates the success of our approach: It all started with three countries choosing EDA as their vehicle for cooperation; a couple of months later we have two additional countries on board.”

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