Official UK procurement notice
Provision of SolidWorks Training courses
Authority: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£60,000≈ £20k / year · £72,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Mar 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 30 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract for the provision of Solidworks training courses for DSTL Staff.
CPV: Personnel-training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£60,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
- Condition of participation
- Cyber security process to be completed by all suppliers and icluded with tender submission.
- Al suppliers required to sign up to the Central Digital Platform and confirm registration details with tender response.
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Value for money index will be used to evaluate supplire responses against the criteria specified in the Statement of Requirement form.
Conditions of participation1
- Condition of participation
- Cyber security process to be completed by all suppliers and icluded with tender submission.
- Al suppliers required to sign up to the Central Digital Platform and confirm registration details with tender response.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 13 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013317- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0653a9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submission will need to be made via the Defence Sourcing Portal. If you would like to be included, please sign up as a supplier to the portal and confirm submission to [email protected]
Timeline
13 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published254 days ago13 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Clarification questions by240 days ago26 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline232 days ago6 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender