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715886482 Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC)

Ministry of Defence

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

15 Sep 2026 at 16:20

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

15 Sep 2026 at 09:45

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence intends to procure Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC), formerly known as the Land Training Test & Reference Centre. This is a specialist services requirement supporting the Army Collective Training Service and the Land Warfare Centre. LTAC will provide independent testing, analysis and assurance to build confidence in army collective training. Its scope includes evaluating digital product integration, maintaining a reference architecture and technical standards, operating a test-bed, and supporting acceptance of digital products. The service will assess solutions against Defence Modelling and Simulation Coherence and Secure by Design principles. It will also maintain the ACTS architecture baseline and act as architecture custodian, ensuring technical coherence, traceability and alignment with approved Defence standards. The work is classified as systems testing services and is to be delivered in the United Kingdom.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the Ministry of Defence has announced an intention to procure and has not yet invited tenders. It expects to use a selective procedure under a framework agreement, with a competitive call-off, for one planned lot. The estimated value is £6,848,333.33 excluding VAT, or £8,218,000 including VAT. The anticipated contract period is 25 January 2027 to 31 January 2031, with a possible extension to 31 January 2033; renewal is intended. The buyer expects the next notice on 12 November 2026. Early market engagement is planned through a Teams call on 24 September 2026 from 13:00 to 14:00, covering the background, requirements, procurement documentation and commercial information, with questions and discussion. The lot is identified as suitable for SMEs.

This will suit suppliers with established capability in independent testing, systems integration assurance, digital product acceptance and technical analysis for complex defence or training environments. Relevant organisations are likely to include systems assurance specialists, architecture custodians, modelling and simulation experts, and firms able to establish or operate test-beds for integration compatibility. Participants should be prepared to demonstrate practical understanding of reference architectures, technical standards, information and data security, traceability and secure-by-design delivery. Experience of maintaining architecture baselines and providing objective assurance to an intelligent customer will be particularly relevant. The requirement is structured as a single service lot but is expressly considered suitable for SMEs, making it potentially relevant to smaller specialist providers as well as larger defence technology and engineering businesses. Suppliers should use the planned engagement to understand the Statement of Requirement and prepare for the expected framework call-off.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

715886482 Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC)

Notice Description

The Land Training Advisory Capability (LTAC) (formerly Land Training Test & Reference Centre (LTT&RC)) will provide independent testing, analysis and assurance to support confidence in the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). It will ensure that the Land Warfare Centre (LWC) remains an intelligent customer, able to maintain technical coherence and keep services focused on training outcomes, underpinned by secure information and data. Drawing upon reference architecture, technical standards and a test-bed for evaluating integration compatibility, the LTAC will provide independent support to the acceptance of digital products and provide assurance support that solutions meet the Defence Modelling and Simulation Coherence and Secure by Design principles. The LTAC will maintain the ACTS architecture baseline and act as the architecture custodian, ensuring coherence, traceability and alignment with approved Defence standards.

Planning Information

An Early Market Engagement Teams call will be held on Thursday 24 September, 1300-1400. Please confirm attendance at Army-Progs-ACTS-Commercial@mod.gov.uk. The session is expected to last approximately one hour and will comprise a short presentation followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion. The presentation will cover: - ACTS Background - LTAC Overview - Key Service Requirements - Procurement Documentation - Commercial Information Discussions during this session will be limited to matters relating to the Statement of Requirement (SOR) and associated procurement information. The session will be recorded for audit and transparency purposes. Suppliers will have the opportunity to raise questions during the session. Where responses cannot be provided at the meeting, they will be collated and issued as part of a subsequent clarification response. To ensure all participating organisations have a fair opportunity to engage, supplier attendance should be limited to two representatives per company.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f9b6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087464-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72254100 - Systems testing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£6,848,333 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Nov 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
25 Jan 2027 - 31 Jan 2031 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ministry of Defence
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ANDOVER
Postcode
SP11 8HT
Postcode Area
Salisbury
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ36 Central Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Test Valley
Electoral Ward
Andover Millway
Westminster Constituency
North West Hampshire

Further Information

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