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Defence Procurement Agency

Agency overview
Formed	1999
Preceding agency	MoD Procurement Executive
Superseding agency	Defence Equipment and Support
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Bristol, England
Agency executive	Chief of Defence Procurement
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence

The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), was an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence responsible for the acquisition of materiel, equipment and services, for the British armed forces.

Led by the Chief of Defence Procurement, the Agency sourced equipment and services from its headquarters in Bristol.

History

The Defence Procurement Agency was established on 1 April 1999, after the announcement in the Strategic Defence Review of a specialised agency to succeed the MoD Procurement Executive.^[1] From 1 April 2007 the agency was merged with the Defence Logistics Organisation to form a new organisation called Defence Equipment and Support.^[2]