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UK05 - Validation and Review of the Army’s Physical Employment Test

Ministry of Defence · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 21:55.

Opportunity overview

This requirement is to conduct a validation and review of the Army’s Physical Employment Test, formally known as the Role Fitness Test (Soldier), to ensure it remains fit for purpose, evidence-based, and legally defensible.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

University of Chichester

Matched by number
Published award value
£300k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 04740553
Location
Chichester, UKJ27, PO19 6PE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
715916474
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Ministry of Defence are seeking to place a direct award contract under PA23 with the University of Chichester. The purpose of the contract will be to re-validate the findings produced by University of Chichester under previous Army contracts to determine whether the Army's Physical Employment Test and Role Fitness Test (Soldier) remain operationally relevant, scientifically valid, legally defensible, proportionate, and practicable against contemporary military tasks and employment demands. The University possesses the required background and technical knowledge/experience to undertake the work required and have conducted similar work for the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and NATO. They also conducted the original testing which underpins the current PES and RFT(S) and hold the existing research, methodology, technical reports, assumptions and development history for the requirement. As such the MOD have opted to utilise Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023: Abscence of competition for technical reasons for this procurement.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Address

Street Address
Monxton Road
Locality
Andover
Postal Code
SP11 8HJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ36

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
University of Chichester
Id
GB-COH-04740553

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04740553

Address

Street Address
Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane
Locality
Chichester
Postal Code
PO19 6PE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ27

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Validation and Review of the Army’s Physical Employment Test
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80320000
Description
Medical education services

Value

Including VAT
360,000
Amount
300,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04740553
Name
University of Chichester

Contract period

Starts
30 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
1 Apr 2028, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
085460-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
9 Sept 2026, 14:53
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
30 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Andover · UKJ36 · SP11 8HJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 085460-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·