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Published 26 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The delivery of Level 6 Ordnance Munitions Explosive (OME) Professional (integrated degree)

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1,980,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrs 1 moends 30 Sept 2032 · starts 1 Sept 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The delivery of Level 6 Ordnance Munitions Explosive (OME) Professional (integrated degree) apprenticeship to the RLC

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs 1 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 – 30 Sept 2032 (5 yrs 1 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
80000000 Education and training services

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 Education and training services (CPV 80), 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: Education and training services (CPV 80) →

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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 marketEducation and training services (CPV 80) · South East England (authority’s region)
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: 43 of 84 known-size awards · market: division 80 · South East England (authority’s region), n=358
51%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.

Here, local means registered in South East England (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 12 known-location awards · market: division 80 · South East England (authority’s region), n=574
50%31%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England.

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: division 80 · South East England (authority’s region), n=47
56 days39 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.

Both shares are minimums: 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: division 80 · South East England (authority’s region), n=503
54%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 market122 lots with bid counts · division 80 · South East England (authority’s region)
33% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid40% / 33%
Buyer: 21 of 52 lots with published bid counts. Market: 40 of 122 lots with published bid counts.
2–335% / 28%
Buyer: 18 of 52 lots with published bid counts. Market: 34 of 122 lots with published bid counts.
4–621% / 24%
Buyer: 11 of 52 lots with published bid counts. Market: 29 of 122 lots with published bid counts.
7+4% / 16%
Buyer: 2 of 52 lots with published bid counts. Market: 19 of 122 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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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 market111 lots with estimate and award · division 80 · South East England (authority’s region)
31% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate56% / 31%
Buyer: 14 of 25 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 34 of 111 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%32% / 58%
Buyer: 8 of 25 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 64 of 111 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate12% / 12%
Buyer: 3 of 25 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 13 of 111 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #161 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£2.0m
Expected competition
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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 122 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet33% single-bid risk
Past bids on 122 similar lots
1 bid33%
40 of 122 similar past lots received 1 bid (33%).
2–328%
34 of 122 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–624%
29 of 122 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+16%
19 of 122 similar past lots received 7+ (16%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 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 £2.0m, 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
Open 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
26 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST
Last source update
29 Jun 2026, 10:15 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060614
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06be13 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published116 days ago
    26 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST
  2. Latest notice published113 days ago
    29 Jun 2026, 10:15 BST
  3. Market engagement82 days ago
    30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Prelimary Market Engagement Notice – Future Provision of Apprenticeship Training

    The Authority is undertaking a market engagement exercise to explore options for the future provision of apprenticeship training for the ST0754 Level 6 Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) Professional (Integrated Degree) Apprenticeship.

    This market engagement activity will take place over a one-month period, from 29 June 2026 to 30 July 2026, and is intended to help the Authority better understand supplier capability, delivery approaches, market capacity, and potential risks prior to determining its procurement strategy.

    This exercise is not a call for competition, and participation will not confer any advantage or influence any future procurement process.

    Suppliers interested in participating are invited to submit an Expression of Interest by email to [email protected]. Upon receipt, a Market Engagement Questionnaire will be issued for completion.

  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 55 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 315 days
    1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    26 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Jun 2026, 10:15 BST
    UK2

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 Army Headquarters, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road, Andover, South East, SP11 8HJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure