DD Tail Spend Managed Service Provider

Tender description

Defence Digital (DD) is part of the MOD’s Strategic Command and has an important role in the age of information warfare. DD is responsible for making sure that effective digital and information technology (D&IT) is put in the hands of the military and business front line. Within DD lies the Dynamic Software Enterprise Team (DSET), a Commercial team sitting within DD’s Commercial Categorised Software Pillar, aiming to be the universal hub for Enterprise software procurements across MOD. DSET was formed to build long term strategic relationships with MOD’s top software vendors and develop Enterprise License Agreements that create tangible VfM savings. Within the DD Software pillar’s business, DSET have identified a significant volume of activity occurring in the scoping, letting and management of Software ‘tail contracts.’ A tail contract is classified as being less than £1M in value and being discretely procured as part of a separate activity. Following recent internal analyses, a potential opportunity has been identified to reduce internal resource costs for DD and increase VfM, by adopting the use of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to manage the letting and management of these Tail Spend contracts. This opportunity is currently at the RFI stage, with a request for suppliers to responsed to in order to ensure we approach the market in the most suitable way: We would be interested in any current Commercial services of “Managed Service Provider” activity offered, which could fulfil the developing requirement to manage DD’s Software Tail Spend contracts. Any solutions must conform with necessary Cyber security requirements. This opportunity is not a bidding opportunity at present, it is a means by which industry can provide information. Any resulting procurement activity will be conducted competitively. This RFI is an information gathering exercise, and no further discussions with industry are planned at this stage.