Defence Training Review
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The Defence Training Review was established by the then Defence Secretary, Lord Robertson
, on 22 July 1999 to
examine all individual training and education, Service and civilian, in the British armed forces
. The review report, entitled Modernising Defence Training, was published in 2001. The report highlighted that:
These recommendations are at the heart of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme - a large and complex 'Public-Private Partnership' (PPP) seeking to transform the way specialist training is delivered in the future. Under a PPP contract a prospective Partner will be responsible for the design and delivery of the majority of the training but the MOD, via senior military officers, will command and retain overall responsibility for the effectiveness of this training. This strong military presence will be maintained to provide skills training and ensure that operational experience is shared with students, and military ethos is upheld.
The programme actually consists of 2 separate projects termed Package 1 and Package 2. Package 1 involves provision of training for engineering
and communication
s, while Package 2 was to provide training for logistics
, security
, policing
and administration.
consortium had been awarded Preferred Bidder status for Package 1, and Provisional Preferred Bidder status for Package 2. By January 2008, however, the Government had decided that the Metrix Consortium is not able to offer an affordable and acceptable Package 2 solution and, therefore, alternative approaches would be considered.
The development will be complementary to the Welsh Assembly Government's aspirations to create an Aerospace Centre of Excellence at St Athan. The construction programme for the future Defence Technical College is scheduled to commence in the autumn of 2010 and will cost an estimated £700m and will create 1500 jobs.
, operating under the auspices of Director General Army Recruiting & Training (DG ART), to determine the best way forward for Package 2 training and infrastructure.
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, is a British Labour Party politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position...
, on 22 July 1999 to
examine all individual training and education, Service and civilian, in the British armed forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
. The review report, entitled Modernising Defence Training, was published in 2001. The report highlighted that:
- Future Defence Training needed to be more integrated;
- Training needed to be managed on a Defencewide basis to better support the increasing move towards joint deployments;
- That the training estate needed investment and rationalisation to ensure that facilities were used efficiently and were fit for purpose.
These recommendations are at the heart of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme - a large and complex 'Public-Private Partnership' (PPP) seeking to transform the way specialist training is delivered in the future. Under a PPP contract a prospective Partner will be responsible for the design and delivery of the majority of the training but the MOD, via senior military officers, will command and retain overall responsibility for the effectiveness of this training. This strong military presence will be maintained to provide skills training and ensure that operational experience is shared with students, and military ethos is upheld.
The programme actually consists of 2 separate projects termed Package 1 and Package 2. Package 1 involves provision of training for engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and communication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
s, while Package 2 was to provide training for logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
, security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...
, policing
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
and administration.
The Preferred Bidder
In January 2007, the Secretary of State for Defence announced that the MetrixMetrix UK
Metrix UK Ltd is a joint venture company, originally a 50/50 equity partnership between QinetiQ and LandSecurities Trillium, specifically set up to bid for the two main contracts under the UK Government's 2001 Defence Training Review rationalisation programme...
consortium had been awarded Preferred Bidder status for Package 1, and Provisional Preferred Bidder status for Package 2. By January 2008, however, the Government had decided that the Metrix Consortium is not able to offer an affordable and acceptable Package 2 solution and, therefore, alternative approaches would be considered.
Package 1
Metrix's bid includes the provision of a new Defence Technical College (DTC) which will be located at St Athan. The overall investment is considered to be greater than that for the London Olympics.The development will be complementary to the Welsh Assembly Government's aspirations to create an Aerospace Centre of Excellence at St Athan. The construction programme for the future Defence Technical College is scheduled to commence in the autumn of 2010 and will cost an estimated £700m and will create 1500 jobs.
Package 2
A separate project team has been established at UpavonUpavon
Upavon is a rural village in the English County of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portions of the River Avon which runs from the north to the south through the village. It is situated about south of Pewsey, about southeast of the market town of Devizes, and about ...
, operating under the auspices of Director General Army Recruiting & Training (DG ART), to determine the best way forward for Package 2 training and infrastructure.