Awarded contract

RFA Ship handling (Manned Model) Courses

Details

Supplier(s)
Southampton Solent University (Warsash)
Value
£250,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Personnel-training services
Published
15 July 2026

Tender description

There is a requirement to provide senior RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) deck officers with manned model ship handling training to develop their existing skills and understand the behaviour and handling of large vessels, with special emphasis on slow speed control. ## Contract award Title: RFA Ship handling (Manned Model) Courses

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date6 July 2026
  2. Completed: Award published15 July 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date26 July 2031in 5 years

About the buyer

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79632000 · Personnel-training services
  • 80511000 · Staff training services

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