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Published 27 May 2026, 12:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Academic Services for ASP Phase 1 Officer Training

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UKEast Midlands (UKF3)South East (UKJ13)
Planned pipeline value£6,920,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 12 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The MOD are seeking a provider of air and space power education and training at the Royal Air Force College, including delivery to both the RAF Officer Training Academy, RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire and the Aviator Training Academy, RAF Haton, Buckinghamshire.

This Notice is a Request for Information (RFI) and is not a gaurantee that a contract will be entered into as a result. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses.

CPV: Adult-education services at university level

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2034 with extensions
Delivery: UK, East Midlands, South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
80430000 Adult-education services at university level

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Ministry of Defence buys Adult-education services at university level (CPV 8043), and who usually turns up

Ministry of Defence’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Adult-education services at university level (CPV 8043) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerMinistry of Defence · division 80
The marketAdult-education services at university level (CPV 8043)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 40 of 81 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
49%—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 12 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
50%—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 24 decided notices · market: no decision dates published
56 days—

Half of these awards were announced within 56 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 61 of 112 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: no bid counts or routes published
54%—

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer52 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 80
40% had one bid
The marketNo bid counts published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
1 bid40%
Buyer: 21 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
2–335%
Buyer: 18 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
4–621%
Buyer: 11 of 52 lots with published bid counts.
7+4%
Buyer: 2 of 52 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer25 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 80
56% below estimate
The marketNo estimate-and-award pairs published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
Below estimate56%
Buyer: 14 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%32%
Buyer: 8 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate12%
Buyer: 3 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 804360 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£6.9m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 788 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet23% single-bid risk
Past bids on 788 similar lots
1 bid23%
180 of 788 similar past lots received 1 bid (23%).
2–330%
233 of 788 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–624%
188 of 788 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+24%
187 of 788 similar past lots received 7+ (24%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £6.9m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Last source update
3 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
Authority reference
715784454
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062694
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Adult-education services at university level
Delivery area
UKEast Midlands (UKF3)South East (UKJ13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a5f8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 May 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published148 days ago
    27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  2. Latest notice published111 days ago
    3 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
  3. Market engagement82 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Further details are included in the uploaded document 20260703_715784454 ASP_PREM_RFI.

    For information purposes a draft Statement of Requirements (SOR) - 20260316-715784454_ASP_Education_Training_Statement_of_Requirement_DRAFT has also been uploaded.

    The closing date and time for response to the RFI is 31 July 2026 at 17:30hrs.

  4. Tender notice expected9 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 161 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £6,920,000
    3 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
    was £6,000,000

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ RAF High Wycombe, Naphill, South East, HP14 4UEContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure