FOI release

Plasan Sandcat Tigris

Case reference FOI2025/01203

Received 6 August 2025

Published 2 September 2025

Request

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide information held by your force regarding the procurement and use of Plasan Sandcat Tigris armoured vehicles (including any variant referred to as "Sandcat"). 1. Procurement activity (October 2023 - present) a) The number of Sandcat Tigris (or Sandcat variant) vehicles ordered. b) The number of such vehicles delivered and currently held by the force. c) Please confirm explicitly if no such vehicles have been ordered, delivered, or are planned for purchase. 2. Operational status a) Of any vehicles acquired, how many are available for deployment? b) How many are not available for deployment (for example, undergoing modifications, repair, or awaiting approval)? If you consider releasing this information to be exempt under Section 31 (Law Enforcement) or any other FOIA exemption, please still release all other requested information and provide your reasoning and the outcome of the public interest test. 3. Financial expenditure a) The total cost (including VAT and any associated modifications, fittings, or logistics) for all Sandcat Tigris (or Sandcat variant) vehicles purchased in the above period. b) If vehicles were ordered but payment is not yet complete, please confirm the current status of payments. 4. Supplier/ procurement route a) For each purchase, please confirm whether it was made directly from Plasan Sasa Ltd or via the UK distributor Ricardo UK Ltd. b) If supplier details are considered exempt under Section 43 (commercial interests) or Section 31 (law enforcement), please still release all other requested information and explain the exemption applied, including the public interest test outcome. If you are encountering any practical difficulties with complying with this request, please contact me as soon as possible (in line with your duty under section 16 to advise and assist requesters), so that we can discuss the matter and if necessary I can modify the request. If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item when you can rather than delay everything until it is all available. If it is necessary for any reason to redact any information, please redact the minimum necessary and send me the rest of the material, explaining the legal grounds for each redaction. Please can you acknowledge receipt of this request.

Response

We have 0 Plasan Sandcat Tigris on fleet and no current plans to have them on the fleet.

Documents

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