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Metrix wins £31m MOD contract

The Ministry of Defence has awarded Metrix a £31m contract as part of the Defence Training Review (DTR) Package 1 PFI Project.

The consortium, which is a joint venture between QinetiQ and Sodexo will provide key improvements to the UK Armed Forces' technical trade training as part of The Early Training Transformation (ETT) contract.

The DTR package 1 Project aims to transform the way the MOD delivers specialist engineering, communications and information systems training on a Defence-wide basis.

Brigadier Tony Harking, the leader of the Integrated Project Team (IPT), the team which managed DTR Package 1 Project, said: "In order to be ready for the move to St Athan in 2014 it is necessary to undertake a degree of training transformation early, hence ETT.

"ETT will provide both parties with greater confidence that the process is successful when applied to British Forces technical training."

Metrix is a consortium led by QinetiQ, which leads the training delivery arm and Sodexo, an international facilities management group, chosen by the UK MOD to provide training design and development services.

It will also build and run the UK MOD's Defence Technical College (DTC) in St Athan, South Wales.