Official UK procurement notice
715940476 EPACS UK4 - Tender Notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (MOD) requires Higher Education Institution (HEI) providers to collaborate with the Authority to validate a degree programme which complies with regulations set by the relevant government authorities (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the UK, The Office for Students in England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales in Wales, and the Scottish Funding Council in Scotland). Course validation must be in place to allow qualifications to be awarded to students on completion of their courses.
The role of the DCTT is to train and educate Aeronautical Engineering (AE) to meet the Defence requirement.
CPV: Adult-education services at university level · Personal development training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£560,000
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 non-cost including social value: 50%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical non-cost including social value
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:51 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089171- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07767cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Oct 2026, 17:30 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submission via the Defence Sourcing Portal
Timeline
21 Sept 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published36 days ago21 Sept 2026, 13:51 BST
- Clarification questions by18 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Submission deadline5 days ago22 Oct 2026, 17:30 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 33 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender