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Defence's Digital Workplace

Buyer: Ministry of Defence →

BuyerMinistry of Defence
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£750,000,000
Published5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Future Managed Service Provider (MSP) Requirement – Defence's Digital Workplace Defence Digital intends to award a future contract for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to assume responsibility for, operate, and further develop Defence’s End-User Services at the OFFICIAL tier. As part of this process, Defence Digital is commencing Early Market Engagement (EME) to inform and shape the requirement, and to engage with potential suppliers ahead of formal procurement activities. Scope of Services Services are delivered through a suite of MOD-owned technology solutions, including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and on-premise systems. These capabilities are grouped into Foundation, Workplace, and Platform Management services. The environment supports over 200,000 end-users across the UK and overseas, accessing services via: Desktop terminals Laptops Mobile devices (phones and tablets) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Contractor Responsibilities Transition services from the incumbent supplier and deliver outcomes aligned with the Authority’s Service Management Framework (SMF). Sustain current services while enabling and delivering technical change to: Improve user experience Scale services to meet fluctuating user demand Maintain resilience against the evolving cyber threat landscape

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Information systems and servers 48800000Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment 50312600Information technology services 72222300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2028 to 30 Apr 2033
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Information technology services, Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment, Information systems and serversNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Information systems and servers (48800000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 484,0151 median · 6.4 average (1,358 of 4,015 with a bid count)1.6 average (1,568 of 4,015 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer15Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,0461 median · 10.1 average (305 of 1,046 with a bid count)2.7 average (364 of 1,046 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)61Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The DDW project team will host a series of events as part of its Early Market Engagement for the Defence Digital Workplace requirement. Supplier Engagement • Interested suppliers are invited to provide a response to the Request for Information (RFI) in the link provided: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=60616 • All RFI submissions must be submitted through the messaging function on the Opportunity listing landing page. • Please send any questions you may have relating to the RFI to ukstratcomdd-eus-ddw@mod.gov.uk • Details regarding participation in subsequent Market Engagements will be shared with suppliers who express interest prior to the planned events. ________________________________________ Planned EME Activities • Request for Information (RFI): January 2026 • Industry Days: Expected March and June 2026engagement31 Jul 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f5f6
Latest release ID000372-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jan 05 2026 14:51:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£750,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Jan 2026planning000372-2026
15 Dec 2025planning082993-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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15 Dec 2025 · 082993-2025 · planning
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