Find a TenderPlanned procurementPlanned procurement notice
Published 17 Apr 2026, 12:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK3 - Provision of Outward Mindset Sustainment and Implementation

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£276,385pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 28 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF OUTWARD MINDSET IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINMENT

The Authority has a requirement for the provision of Outward Mindset Implementation and Sustainment.

The Authority requires a formal training package, accredited by the Arbinger Institute, to establish principles and tools that help teams and leaders work more effectively together, creating lasting improvements in leadership and operations. The Authority requires this through two areas:

Outward Mindset Delivery - a formal training package to establish principles and tools that help teams and leaders work more effectively together, creating lasting improvements in leadership and operations.

Train The Trainer - coaching support, tools, materials and upskilling sessions as required by the DMA facilitators to develop their skills in identifying, diagnosing and resolving conflict at the lowest possible level, and providing support to others in that process.

Cyber Security: The MoD has a duty to protect itself from Cyber threats and now we extend this to Suppliers we engage with. As an extension of the Government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme, the MoD working together with Industry and other Government Departments, have developed a more robust Cyber Security Model, under the umbrella of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP). All prime contractors must have the cyber security controls specified in DEF Stan 05-138 (Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers), as appropriate to the cyber risk level specified in the contract.

The Authority has determined the level of risk at Level 1 (foundational) RAR-JJTDKK2 as defined in DEF Stan 05-138. In order to do business with the MOD you must have the cyber security controls required as shown above.

The Tender will be evaluated on a MAT (Most Advantageous Tender) Ratio:

i. Technical (Non-cost Award Criteria) 40%

ii. Commercial (Cost) 60%

The overall Tender will be evaluated using the Weighted Value for Money Index MAT Methodology as follows:

(wQ)

(wC)

Non - cost score^ x1,000,000 = Weighted VFM Index

cost

wQ = weighting of non-cost criteria

wC = weighting applied to cost

Should you have any questions please contact [email protected]

CPV: Management training services · Personal development training services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSMEPublished value£276,385
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 (3 yrs)Value: £276,385 exc. VAT · £331,662 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 2x Option years (1+1 Format)

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical (non-Cost Award Criteria): 40%
  • Commercial (Cost): 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Commercial (Cost): Cost
  • Technical (non-Cost Award Criteria): Technical includes social value weighted at 10% of the non-cost award criteria
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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

How Ministry of Defence buys Vocational training services (CPV 8053), 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: Vocational training services (CPV 8053) →

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
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 805336 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£276k
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 10 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet30% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 10 similar lots
1 bid30%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 1 bid (30%).
2–320%
2 of 10 similar past lots received 2–3 (20%).
4–620%
2 of 10 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+30%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 7+ (30%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 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 £276k, 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
17 Apr 2026, 12:47 BST
Last source update
17 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Jul 2026
Authority reference
715730536
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035173
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Management training servicesPersonal development training servicesTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068541 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
2 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 May 2026, 15:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submission via Defence Sourcing Portal only

Timeline

17 Apr 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 6 dates
  1. Planning notice published188 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 12:47 BST
  2. Tender notice expected177 days ago
    28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Clarification questions by155 days ago
    20 May 2026, 15:00 BST
  4. Submission deadline142 days ago
    2 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by112 days ago
    2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts52 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 12:47 BST
    UK3
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
    UK3
  3. Deadline moved to 2 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
    17 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
    -30 days · was 2 Jul 2026, 10:00 BST

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 DMS Whittington, Lichfield, West Midlands, WS14 9PYContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure