A consortium led by Capita has been selected as the winning bidder to provide training services to the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.
The company will now help to modernise the Royal Navy’s shore-based training across 16 sites in the UK, as the lead partner in a consortium which bid as Fisher Training.
The other members of the consortium are Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK and Fujitsu, as well as with several smaller British suppliers.
The contract will be worth around £925m over 12 years, with the consortium combining a range of technologies, processes and training management systems.
These include running live on-the-ground training, as well as developing new methods like digital learning and training simulation technology.
The consortium will also manage all the associated Royal Navy training equipment - including procurement and decommissioning - provide data through performance dashboards and manage IT infrastructure, as well as run learning hubs and career advice services.
The new services will be delivered by an expected 1,100 of the consortium members’ employees, working alongside Royal Navy personnel.
The contract is expected to be profitable in its first full year in 2021.
Capita’s chief executive Jon Lewis said: “The award is a measure of the confidence and trust the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence have in Capita’s expertise in the transformation and digitally enabled delivery of critical defence services.
“We look forward to working with the consortium of world-class partners that Capita has brought together and the Royal Navy to transform, modernise and create better outcomes for the training service.”
Raytheon UK chief executive Jeff Lewis said: “We are committed to investing in the UK and helping to keep the country secure and our Armed Forces equipped with the best affordable sovereign solutions, creating highly skilled jobs at the heart of our work.”
A Royal Navy spokesperson added: “As part of our work to modernise the Royal Navy, we are transforming the way we train personnel to help them fulfil their potential and get to the frontline more quickly.
At the end of November, a new £34m submarine escape, rescue, abandonment and survival (SMERAS) training building was unveiled for the Navy at its base in Faslane.
The SMERAS will give the Navy the capability to carry out essential on shore training for personnel in escape, rescue, abandonment and survival techniques using a controllable training environment.
The simulator will replace an Submarine Escape Training Tank at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport.
