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title: "715886482 Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f9b6"
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current_stage: "Planning"
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published: "2026-09-15"
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# 715886482 Land Training Assurance Capability (LTAC)

Buyer: Ministry of Defence  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f9b6

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087464-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 25 Jan 2027 - 31 Jan 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £6,848,333 |
| 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 | ANDOVER |
| Postcode area | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP11 8HT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ36 Central Hampshire |
| Local authority | Test Valley |
| Electoral ward | Andover Millway |
| Westminster constituency | North West Hampshire |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72254100 - Systems testing services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 16:20 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087464-2026
- 15 Sep 2026 at 09:45 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087127-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087464-2026
  15th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087127-2026
  15th September 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04eac3
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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