Official UK procurement notice
Provision of BA/BA(Hons) Accredited Degree in Education and Professional Development to the Royal School of Artillery, Gunnery Staff Course - UK5
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of BA/BA(Hons) Accredited Degree in Education and Professional Development to the Royal School of Artillery, Gunnery Staff Course (GSC). The requirement is for a 4-year contract with an option for a +1yr extension. This degree programme is part of the RSA instructor development programme and also forms part of the RSA organisational learning strategy.
Most GSC potential students will not have the required accredited Level 5 educational qualifications to begin a BA(Hons) programme. Huddersfield University have an applied accredited prior learning process to enable RSA students to enrol, when otherwise they would not be able to do so. The University recognise the successful completion of the GSC and professional development. The programme is delivered through a blend of residential and distance learning and also accept dissertations and projects that are work-based in the Defence training environment.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2025, 11:58 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 09:42 GMT
- Authority reference
714792450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071111- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0527c0Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025- Transparency notice published28 May 2025, 11:58 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Nov 2025, 09:42 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of HuddersfieldProvision of BA/BA(Hons) Accredited Degree in Education and Professional Development1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: The contract may be extended by mutual consent, if required, by up to a futher 12mths. | £360,000 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · University of Huddersfield
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2025
- Value
- £325,050
- Period
- 7 Oct 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 year extension to be taken up at the Authorities discretion
- Options
- 1 year extension to be taken up at the Authorities discretion
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of HuddersfieldAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender