Training and simulation in military electronic systems: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 80660000Services · classin Education & Training

Open now0no live notices at the nightly build
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months62 contracting authorities · 36 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot15 procedures, 36 months
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.

The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions, last 36 months. All 5 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Last 36 months.

Typical contract value£4,927,422middle value of 16 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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What a contract here is usually worth.

Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.

Based on 16 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Central government 83% (30 notices)
  • Education & universities 3% (1 notices)
  • Local authorities 3% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 11% (4 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Ministry of DefenceCentral government2950
Air Commercial Major Projects Teamnot classified100
Air Commercial Team, RAF High Wycombenot classified100
DE&S Decanot classified100
Darlington Borough CouncilLocal authorities100
Defence Equipment and SupportCentral government110
Project Selborne - To Provide a Training Service for Royal Navy and Royal Marinesnot classified100
University of PortsmouthEducation & universities100

8 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 5 of 36 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England2 · 40%———
Scotland2 · 40%———
North East England1 · 20%———
Yorkshire and the Humber1 · 20%———
South West England1 · 20%———
Northern Ireland1 · 20%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 94% (34 notices)
  • Framework 6% (2 notices)
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Selective 42% (15 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 36% (13 notices)
  • Route not published 17% (6 notices)
  • Open 3% (1 notices)
  • Direct award 3% (1 notices)
Threshold
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.

Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.

  • Above threshold 100% (5 notices)
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

28 daysrobust · n=7middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (21) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Contract value, net
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The usual range of contract values here.

The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.

Published values, not actual spend.

p25 £2,447,706middle value £4,927,422p75 £8,419,010
interquartile range of 16 awards · p90 £17,943,935
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.

The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions, last 36 months. All 5 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Last 36 months.

1robust · n=5middle half 1–1
Competed
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.

Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.

10 of 20 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 1 more give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

50%robust · n=20
Abandoned
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How often a tender ends with no award.

Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.

0 of 21 notices, last 36 months.

Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.

Last 36 months.

0%robust · n=21

Who wins
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 30 awards to 23 suppliers

Where to submit
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Where bids for this work are submitted.

Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 7 of 36 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 8066. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 28 Jul 2026.

Competition figures

Lot-grain contest statistics over the last 36 months: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 8066; contracts and frameworks / DPS are kept apart. Each figure’s own method — grain, window, exclusions and this page’s sample — is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.