Defence college boost as £31m contract is signed

Friday, 21 August 2009

The Metrix consortium is pointing to a new contract signed with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as proof that the Defence Technical College (DTC) development is still on course.
A £31m contract, part of the Defence Training Review (DTR) Package One PFI project, has been signed, and it will see the Metrix consortium, the preferred bidder for the project, take the first steps toward providing improvements to the UK Armed Forces’ technical trade training.
The Early Training Transformation (ETT) contract is a package of work designed to introduce improvements to key elements of the Armed Forces’ specialist training programmes.
Vale MP John Smith said: “This is great news for the area and Wales.
“This latest news follows the move to the St. Athan site of the MoD team which will manage the project, the planning submission for the St Athan project to the local planning authority in May, and the MoD’s recent decision to provide nearly £43 million to underwrite the cost of essential works linked to the Defence Technical College.”
Metrix will use Raytheon, a principal member of the Metrix consortium and a leading US technology company specialising in defence, homeland security and global training services, as the main sub-contractor to do the work in this area of the project.
A Metrix spokesman said: “Training Transformation is a vital part of delivering the DTR Package One project.
“It involves rigorous analysis of current training, against what is known as MoD’s ‘Operational Performance Statement’, or the standard a service person must be capable of achieving in their operational role.”
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