FTX Logistics Ltd (FTX) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kellogg Brown & Root Ltd, part of the KBR group of companies. The company holds a 22.5 year contract to deliver the British Army's Heavy Equipment Transportation Service on behalf of Fasttrax Ltd.
FTX employs 85 Sponsored Reservists (SRs) to operate and maintain the service.
The main service elements are:
The Non Operational Service has two components:
Vehicles to varying levels of readiness
Spares
SRs
Training of SRs and Regular Operators and Maintainers
Allocation of resources to meet the MoD's transportation requirements
Task planning
Timely and safe execution of the task
Failure to perform to agreed Key Perfomance Indicators (KPIs) will generate service credit deductions.
The MoD may call up HET Vehicles and sufficient SRs to man one third of the vehicles for war fighting or peace-keeping missions
SRs become subject to military discipline and work alongside regulars
FTX supplies spares as required
Failure to maintain an acceptable level of availability will generate service credit deductions.