Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
ILD 12 Army Headquarters (AHQ), Blenheim Building, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road, Andover, Hampshire
Andover
UK
E-mail: Army-Progs-ACTS-Commercial@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.army.mod.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Army Collective Training Service (ACTS)
Reference number: 707414450
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80610000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The British Army must modernise its collective training system as the capabilities underpinning it have reached the end of their technical and contractual lives. As the Army’s Strategic Training Partner (STP), the STP will together with the Army, deliver generational change in how the Army achieves readiness through an integrated, expeditionary and digitalised service, with the flexibility to enable it to train globally. It will enable the move to warfighting readiness, and a more lethal, integrated force. It represents a new partnership with Defence industry, backs British-based business and increases the pace and scale of training innovation. It will enable the Army to train, in challenging, realistic, multi-domain and world leading environments. It sets the British Army up to fight and win
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 946 794 337.67
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
Main site or place of performance:
Land Warfare Centre, Warminster
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The military's collective training aims to develop the ability of small teams to entire units and formations, to function as a cohesive entity. Around 60,000 soldiers are involved in collective training every year. The Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) will transform this training to match ever-more-complex future threats, through digitalisation, simulation, a different relationship with industry, and by changing how and where the military trains.
The objective of the Collective Training Transformation Programme was to appoint a Strategic Training Partner (STP) to jointly develop and implement the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). The ACTS will exploit new technologies and digitalisation to deliver training which drives innovation and exploits data, empowers and stimulates the training audience and better informs Force Development. It will better prepare the Army and Defence for future complex operations and help to achieve greater productivity in training.
The procurement of the STP was through a two-stage procurement procedure described further in section V1.3 below, and involved the award of Development Contracts to short-listed Tenderers following the first stage of the procurement, and this Delivery Contract to the successful tenderer at the conclusion of the procurement process.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: -
/ Weighting: -
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 213-523082
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 707414450
Title: Provision of the Army Collective Training Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Raytheon Systems UK
Harlow
UK
NUTS: UKJ
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 946 794 337.67
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Army Headquarters
Andover
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/08/2026