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# FCAS Skills Demand and Skills Development Analysis

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fcas-skills-demand-and-skills-development-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-0433b9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "FCAS Skills Demand and Skills Development Analysis". Published status: award. Published Value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services, Market-testing services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **Awarded Value:** £282,179 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0433b9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fcas-skills-demand-and-skills-development-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-0433b9#tl-md)

## Description
The need for the RAND Study arose as there is a need to Commission of a research study to better understand the skills implications of different scenarios related to Tempest and GCAP. This study will cover challenges and opportunities for development, growth and sustainment of combat air skills across UK Defence. It will build on a study commissioned in 2018 but is now deemed outdated and unreliable to inform FCAS policy and direction. This Tender has been awarded via the ASTRID Framework.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002241-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **RAND Europe**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-69444`
  - Value: £282,179 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002241-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £282,179
  - Signed Date: 12/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002241-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-23T12:45:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:53:47.432Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0433b9