Official UK procurement notice
712746450 - Direct Award for the Provision of Army Orienteering Services
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is to support the Army Orienteering Association (AOA) to deliver training courses, coaching, mapping services, competitions and technical services. This includes technical advice and provision of timing equipment/services to deliver effective training, complying to British Orienteering National Governing Body rules and policies and ‘safe-place, safe-training’.
CPV: Digital mapping services · Maps · Sports-event organisation services · Staff training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1No awardPublished value£246,820
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Including Social Value
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Apr 2025, 18:04 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jun 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012644- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fc4eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The full Invitation to tender and associated documents can be found on the Defence Sourcing Poratl (DSP). All Clarification Questions, Tenders and correspondence must be submitted via the DSP.
Timeline
2 Apr 2025 → 28 Jul 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published2 Apr 2025, 18:04 BST
- Clarification questions by9 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline5 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published28 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST
Notice history
3 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2025- Tender notice published2 Apr 2025, 18:04 BSTUK4
- Transparency notice published28 Jul 2025, 16:59 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published28 Jul 2025, 17:06 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender