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title: "Army Collective Training Service (ACTS)"
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# Army Collective Training Service (ACTS)

Buyer: Ministry of Defence  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e3e4

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence procured the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS), a strategic training partnership to modernise how the British Army prepares for collective operations. The service covers training for small teams through to complete units and formations, involving around 60,000 soldiers each year. Its scope includes digitalisation, simulation, data-driven training, training innovation and realistic, challenging multi-domain environments, supporting the Army’s move towards warfighting readiness and improved force development. The appointed Strategic Training Partner is expected to develop and implement the transformed service jointly with the Army, with flexibility to support expeditionary and global training. Delivery is centred on the Land Warfare Centre in Warminster, with the programme intended to support British-based defence industry and more productive training.

This procurement has been completed and awarded. The Ministry of Defence used a selective, two-stage competitive procedure with negotiation, and two bids were recorded. The evaluation criterion was cost. The contract for provision of the Army Collective Training Service was awarded to Raytheon Systems UK, and the contract was signed on 29 June 2026. Its value is £1,946,794,337.67. The requirement was organised as a single collective-training lot, although the published lot status is recorded as cancelled while the related award is active and the contract is active. The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The service is classified as training and simulation in security equipment, under CPV 80610000, and is a services procurement managed by the Ministry of Defence.

For a supplier assessing future Army training work, this procurement demonstrates demand for large-scale, long-term defence training transformation rather than stand-alone course delivery. A credible competitor would need to combine collective military training expertise with simulation, digital platforms, data exploitation and the ability to create realistic multi-domain environments. The requirement also points to the importance of working closely with the Army as a strategic partner, supporting force development and improving training productivity. Suppliers would need the organisational scale and delivery discipline to operate across an integrated service, support expeditionary activity and respond to changing operational needs. Relevant experience in defence training, training-system modernisation, complex technology integration and innovation would provide a strong basis for competing when comparable requirements return.

## Notice

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.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077390-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,946,794,337 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Ministry of Defence |
| Locality | ANDOVER |
| Postcode area | Not specified |
| Postcode | Not specified |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Raytheon Systems UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80610000 - Training and simulation in security equipment

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 16:31 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077390-2026
- 13 Aug 2026 at 16:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077370-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56130
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:523082-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.army.mod.uk/

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