Smaller suppliers invited to pitch for £2.9B UK defense tech framework

Public Sector

Government Commercial Agency wants DIPS 2 to reach beyond MoD buyers and the usual big-name suppliers

The Government Commercial Agency (GCA) - the UK procurement body formed from Crown Commercial Service and Cabinet Office commercial teams - is seeking greater input from customers and smaller suppliers as it develops a new version of its framework

for security-focused digital and IT services.The GCA's current Digital and IT

Professional Services (DIPS) framework, which runs until November