Published date: 9 April 2021

This notice was replaced on 9 September 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 9 September 2021)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Adult-education services at university level - 80430000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,325,500

Procurement reference

tender_270253/949954

Published date

9 April 2021

Closing date

10 May 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

As part of the Defence People Strategy and People Transformation agenda, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeks to improve its connections with society and increase its intellectual diversity through bringing together innovators, academia and the venture community to understand and better solve Defence problems, innovate at speed and rapidly deploy solutions that Defence needs. MOD also seeks the ability to source, translate and vet a number of Defence problems for experimentation in universities with groups of postgraduate students working on its problems over short periods of 10 weeks.


About the buyer

Contact name

Iain McLean

Address

Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX
Scotland

Email

iain.mclean118@mod.gov.uk