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Published 23 Jun 2025, 16:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

High Impact Communications 2025

Official notice

Authority: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery listed: Bulgaria (BG41)UK
Published estimate£370,000≈ £123k / year · £444,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Aug 2025awarded 8 Dec 2025
Awarded to Emphasis Training Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 16 Sept 2028 · up to 16 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 17 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of Dstl’s strategy we have 4 key themes; Enabling Operational Advantage at Pace; Preparing for the Future; Shaping the Defence and Security Landscape and Leveraging and Influencing Internationally. Underpinning Dstl’s ability to deliver against this strategy is our ability to communicate with our stakeholders. We need to continually improve the way our people (with particular reference to our scientists, analysts and engineers) communicate the impact and value of our science and technology to our customers and stakeholders. This includes being able to translate deep scientific/technical information into something understandable for our stakeholders, as well as demonstrate the reasons behind it and impact it has. We are looking for design and delivery of learning interventions to give our staff the skills to communicate the impact of our work effectively with stakeholders, verbally and in writing, using a range of different communications channels.

All expression of interest MUST be received no later than 07/07/2025 midday

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Staff training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£370,000
Contract period: 17 Sept 2025 – 16 Sept 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 16 Sept 2029 with extensionsValue: £370,000 exc. VAT · £444,000 inc. VAT
Delivery listed: Bulgaria (BG41), UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Optional 12 month extention to which will need to be agreed by the parties for this training · Optional extention for 12 months
80511000 Staff training services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Experience: 25%
  • CV’s: 25%
  • Considerations: 10%
  • Overall design: 30%
  • SOCIAL VALUES: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Experience: • Please provide evidence of providing similar interventions to other organisations and your impact. Desirable to see how you have managed and shared impact of similar interventions with other organisations. Desirable that bidders have delivered similar interventions to science and technology organisations.
  • CV’s: • Please provide CV’s of those you propose to delivering training and demonstrate evidence of technical expertise in communications. Evidence of delivering similar training to science and technology organisations desirable
  • Considerations: • Evidence of your consideration of working with a higher than average neurodivergent population through inclusive design.
  • Overall design: • Please provide evidence of how you propose to meet our course needs including draft designs/ comms approach to how you will work with dstl L&D and communications specialist to deliver on our business needs. • We have requested that your proposed course design includes pre and post course feedback. Desirable one to coaching. Can you provide evidence in your bid as to how you are going to approach that requirement.
  • SOCIAL VALUES: Tackling economic inequality and Equal opportunity

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
Yes · next expected 29 Oct 2025
First published
23 Jun 2025, 16:06 BST
Last source update
11 Dec 2025, 11:48 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 16 Sept 2025
Authority reference
RQ0000082745
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039743
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Staff training services
Delivery area in notice
Bulgaria (BG41)UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551ff Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

30 days payment terms

Review and risk notes
Risks

N/A

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Submission deadline
22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All submissions must be uploaded through the Defence Sourcing Portal

contracts.mod.uk/esop/ogc-host/public… ↗

Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 16:06 BST
  2. Market engagement
    7 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please respond no later than 7th July 2025 with your expression of interested. All interested parties will then be invited to participate with this tender High Impact Communication 2025 (Training)

  3. Tender notice published
    14 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  4. Next notice expected
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Clarification questions by
    15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline
    22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by
    16 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract starts
    17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  9. Latest notice published317 days ago
    11 Dec 2025, 11:48 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 16:06 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    14 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    14 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    14 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  5. Deadline published: 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
    14 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  6. Contract details notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 11:48 GMT
    UK7
  7. Status changed to complete
    11 Dec 2025, 11:48 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £370,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Emphasis Training LtdSME£370,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Emphasis Training LtdSME

    Signed
    8 Dec 2025
    Value
    £370,000
    Period
    8 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    At the end of the contrract there are 2 x 12 month optional extensions available
    Options
    At the end of the contrract there are 2 x 12 month optional extensions available

    No agreed KPIs: The requirement is below 5 million

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDDM-1961-MTLN Porton Down, Salisbury, South West, SP4 0JQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Emphasis Training LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03588428 PLATF9RM Hove Town Hall Church Road, Hove, South East, BN3 2AFContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure