Official UK procurement notice
715886482 Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Land Training Advisory Capability (LTAC) (formerly Land Training Test & Reference Centre (LTT&RC)) will provide independent testing, analysis and assurance to support confidence in the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). It will ensure that the Land Warfare Centre (LWC) remains an intelligent customer, able to maintain technical coherence and keep services focused on training outcomes, underpinned by secure information and data. Drawing upon reference architecture, technical standards and a test-bed for evaluating integration compatibility, the LTAC will provide independent support to the acceptance of digital products and provide assurance support that solutions meet the Defence Modelling and Simulation Coherence and Secure by Design principles. The LTAC will maintain the ACTS architecture baseline and act as the architecture custodian, ensuring coherence, traceability and alignment with approved Defence standards. The Authority currently intends to procure this requirement through a competition conducted under the Crown Commercial Service Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework.
CPV: Systems testing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Sept 2026, 12:19 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 12:19 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f9b6
- Call-off under framework Technology Services 4
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published5 days ago15 Sept 2026, 09:45 BST
- Latest notice published4 days ago16 Sept 2026, 12:19 BST
- Market engagementin 6 days25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
An Early Market Engagement Teams call will be held on Thursday 24 September, 1300-1400. Please confirm attendance at [email protected]. Attendance at the Early Market Engagement event will be limited to suppliers appointed to the GCA Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework under more…
Lot 1 and/or Lot 5. The session is expected to last approximately one hour and will comprise a short presentation followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion. The presentation will cover: - ACTS Background - LTAC Overview - Key Service Requirements - Procurement Documentation - Commercial Information Discussions during this session will be limited to matters relating to the Statement of Requirement (SOR) and associated procurement information. The session will be recorded for audit and transparency purposes. Suppliers will have the opportunity to raise questions during the session. Where responses cannot be provided at the meeting, they will be collated and issued as part of a subsequent clarification response. To ensure all participating organisations have a fair opportunity to engage, supplier attendance should be limited to two representatives per company. - Tender notice expectedin 54 days12 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 127 days25 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2026, 12:19 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2026, 10:57 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2026, 16:20 BSTUK2
- Procurement method changed15 Sept 2026, 16:20 BST
- Pipeline notice published15 Sept 2026, 09:45 BSTUK1
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-09: 1 release · 15 Sept 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender