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title: "Provision of a Resource Augmentation Service for Technical Training"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e7db"
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# Provision of a Resource Augmentation Service for Technical Training

Buyer: Ministry of Defence  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e7db

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence intends to procure a resource augmentation service for technical training. The requirement is for a recruitment agency to supply specialist instructional and administrative personnel to support aeronautical engineering technical training at RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, on a temporary basis. The supplier will provide suitably qualified personnel when required, with work delivered in the United Kingdom and centred on RAF Cosford. This is a services procurement for the supply of personnel, including temporary staff. The requirement is dynamic: the Ministry of Defence expects personnel to be available at short notice when training needs arise. The work therefore combines recruitment, personnel supply and support for defence-focused technical education.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the Ministry of Defence has set out an intention to buy, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It expects to use an above-threshold open procedure. The planned procurement is a single lot, with a gross estimated value of £13,000,000 (£10,833,333.33 excluding tax). The anticipated contract period is 26 February 2027 to 25 February 2030, with an option to extend to 25 February 2031. The buyer expects the next notice to be published on 26 October 2026; this is an indicative date rather than a response deadline. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and includes a renewal option.

This will suit recruitment agencies and workforce providers able to source and manage specialist instructional and administrative personnel for aeronautical engineering training. Suppliers should be prepared to identify suitably qualified individuals, maintain an available pool of candidates and provide CVs promptly when requested. The requirement favours organisations with responsive mobilisation processes and the capacity to meet short-notice, changing defence training needs over a sustained period. Experience supplying temporary staff into technical, engineering, education or defence environments is likely to be relevant, particularly where candidates must support specialist aeronautical engineering instruction. SMEs are expressly considered suitable for the lot, so smaller providers with credible technical recruitment capability may wish to prepare ahead of the expected tender.

## Notice

The Authority has a requirement to place a contract with a recruitment agency for the provision of specialist instructional and administrative personnel to support the delivery of aeronautical engineering technical training at RAF Cosford, as required on a temporary basis. The Authority will require the successful supplier to provide CVs for suitably qualified personnel on request and they must be able to do so at short notice to meet the dynamic nature of defence training. The contract will have a duration of three years with an option to extend by a further 12 months,

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079105-2026 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 26 Feb 2027 - 25 Feb 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,833,333 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Ministry of Defence |
| Locality | WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Postcode area | Wolverhampton |
| Postcode | WV7 3EX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG22 Shropshire |
| Local authority | Shropshire |
| Electoral ward | Shifnal Rural |
| Westminster constituency | The Wrekin |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 15:17 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079105-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079105-2026
  19th August 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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