Army Collective Training Service (ACTS)

Description

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 is 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 will be through a two-stage procurement procedure described further in section V1.3 below, and will involve the award of Development Contracts to short-listed Tenderers following the first stage of the procurement, and a Delivery Contract to the successful tenderer at the conclusion of the procurement process. Quantity or scope: The objective of this procurement is to select a Strategic Training Partner (STP) to jointly develop and implement the Army Collective Training Service (as described in further detail in II.1.5 above). Service Requirement Document (SvRD) An SvRD will be issued to all Tenderers as part of the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) Stage 1. The SvRD will provide detailed requirements for each of the service elements of the ACTS, but in summary the services to be provided under the Delivery Contract are expected to include: Govern the Collective Training Service. This will include services to provide: governing, reporting and confirming. Noting the governing service is expected to be an Authority led process delivered in collaboration with the STP. Direct the Collective Training Service. This will include services to provide: scheduling of training events and the booking of Army and Defence training resource to satisfy the training demand. Analyse the Collective Training Service. This will include services to provide: analysing and developing training requirements. Design the Collective Training Service. This will include services to provide: designing and composing training events. Deliver Collective Training. This will include services to provide: facilitation and administration, security, logistics, real life support, facilities, Actors, Audiences, Adversaries and Enemies (A3E), instrumenting, controlling, data modelling, simulation emulation, specialist support, observing and reviewing and cloud supporting. Develop the Collective Training Service, this will include services to provide: monitoring, innovating, configuring and acquiring. Assure Collective Training, this will include a service to validate collective training activity. Collaboration between the STP and Authority will be an essential enabler to achieve the services as outlined above. The training service to be delivered by the STP under the Delivery Contract may require convergence of legacy contracts, details of which will be provided in the Invitation to Negotiate. The STP may be required to manage military owned assets which will be supplied as Government Furnished Assets. Further details will be outlined in the Invitation to Negotiate. The procurement of the STP will be through a two-stage procurement procedure described further in section V1.3 below, and will involve the award of Development Contracts to short-listed Tenderers following the first stage of the procurement, and a Delivery Contract to the successful tenderer at the conclusion of the procurement process.