Official UK procurement notice
Delivery of Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner (ST0787) Apprenticeship Standard to the Intelligence Corps
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedDelivery of Apprenticeships to the Intelligence Corps · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is for the appointment of a Service/Training Provider to deliver in full the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner (STP) Apprenticeship Standard (ST0787) to members of the British Army's Intelligence Corps. The requirement will be for a total of 30 apprentices over a three year period (10 apprentices per annum), commencing August/September 2026. The Contract consists of 3 years of learner intakes, with the potential duration of the Contract being for 5 years, accounting for potential breaks in learning.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£700,000
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must be registered as Main Providers on the Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register (APAR). Additional Conditions of Participation will be included within the full ITT.
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 (including Social Value): 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical (including Social Value): Total Non-cost score (Technical and Social Value)
- Cost: Total Cost
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must be registered as Main Providers on the Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register (APAR). Additional Conditions of Participation will be included within the full ITT.
- 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
715048454- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052951- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056257Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As detailed within Schedule 3 of the ITT pack.
- Risks
- DfE Changes – Potential changes to Department for Education (DfE) policies and apprenticeship delivery and assessment regulations.
- Apprenticeship Cessation – The discontinuation of specific apprenticeship standards or frameworks.
- Introduction of New Apprenticeships – The implementation of new or additional apprenticeship standards that may require adjustments to existing contracts.
- Army/Cap Badge Restructuring – Organisational changes within the Army or cap badge structures that could impact apprenticeship delivery.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Market engagement18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Prior to the planned release of the full ITT, the Authority wishes to gauge the level of market interest from potential providers wishing to bid for this procurement, based on the detail of the scope and estimated value(s) as detailed within this Notice. As such, the Authority hereby request that any parties interested in competing for this upcoming procurement register its interest by sending an email to the following address: [email protected] by 17:00 GMT on 18th August 2025.
Please note that it is currently the Authority’s intention to hold an Open competitive procedure for this procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a call for competition and companies who do not register their preliminary interest at this stage will still be free to compete for the award of the aforementioned ITT upon its publication.
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2025, 16:57 BST
- Next notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by12 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline390 days ago29 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by290 days ago7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent286 days ago12 Jan 2026
- Standstill ends276 days ago21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published229 days ago9 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
- Contract starts54 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:34 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned23 Jul 2025, 14:34 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Jul 2025, 14:34 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST23 Jul 2025, 14:34 BST
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2025, 16:57 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active1 Sept 2025, 16:57 BST
- Contract award notice published12 Jan 2026, 17:22 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Jan 2026, 17:22 GMT
- Contract signature expected23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-07: 2 releases · 18 Jul 2025, 23 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| JGA LimitedSME1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 | £690,000 | 12 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · JGA LimitedSME
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2026
- Value
- £690,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029
- Status
- active
4 agreed KPIs: KPI 1 - Training and support provision · KPI 2 - On Programme Retention Rate · KPI 3 - Learner Satisfaction Rate …
- KPI 1 - Training and support provision, Timeliness of Progress Reviews.
- KPI 2 - On Programme Retention Rate, Measurement of the annual number of retained learners on the apprenticeship programme.
- KPI 3 - Learner Satisfaction Rate, Measurement of the percentage of learners reporting satisfaction with the apprenticeship programme.
- SV KPI - Social Value Key Performance Indicator, The detail of the SV KPI shall be agreed with the Authority and inserted into the Contract during Contract mobilisation. Details of the SV KPI , including frequency of measurement to be confirmed.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- JGA LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender