QinetiQ has been named as a supplier on the new Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) framework for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to be run by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS).
Over four years the framework agreement will deliver a range of digital and IT specialist’s professional services to Defence Digital, accounting for an estimated £1.2bn of spend.
QinetiQ has been named as a prime supplier on two of six lots:
- Lot 2: DevApps, UX, Dev Ops, System Design & Applications Support
- Lot 3: Cyber Security, Crypto, Security Operations & Integrated systems.
In addition, QinetiQ is a subcontract partner on two additional lots of the framework:
- Lot 1: Solution, Enterprise & Tech Architecture, Data, Innovation Tech Assurance & Knowledge and Information Management
- Lot 6: Intelligence Solutions.
James Willis, Chief Executive, UK Intelligence, QinetiQ, said:
“We have a proven track record under similar framework agreements of successfully partnering with an ecosystem of both large contractors with a long heritage in defence and suppliers that are newer to defence who can bring fresh perspectives to defence challenges, to address our customers’ most complex challenges at pace. I’m delighted with our selection as a leading provider on the DIPS framework as it allows us to leverage our well-established expertise in defence and security across air, sea, land, cyber domains to develop exciting new solutions that will deliver vital mission capability.”
Through this new framework QinetiQ and its partners, will deliver services aligned with its core offerings of digital engineering (DevSecOps), cyber security and mission systems architectures, to enable information sharing and provide actionable intelligence for multiple operational users and deliver core mission capability to the Armed Forces.
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Can anyone please tell me just what that all means please…. I’m old, all I can see is 1.2 Billion ££££s … or maybe another 5 T31’s…… and over a 4 year period …? What’s that all about ?
An IT framework that links your T31s and everything else together mate.
Defence Digital is the MoD organisation, along with contractors, that oversee and operate communications systems for the MoD, from HF radio to SATCOM to IT systems to Microwave to Fibre Optic land lines.
Without which defence fails.
CCS will run this particular IT system.
And it costs a lot of money!
At that price it should be the CPS.
😆 Standard MoD eh.
Yeah but what does all that mean ? 😂
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That will be great to connect all your platforms and equipment together. As long we can put personnel on/in them, and we have bought new stuff which will be set up for this. Rather than trying to retro fit old equipment to accept this new tech. I’m with you that this sounds great but seen this too many times.
This isn’t the actual spend, more like an external budget, and it isn’t all going to QinetiQ.
MOD spends a lot of money of digital services, which covers all sorts of IT from Skynet to personnel records, databases to links with NATO allies.
Civil Service pay isn’t enough to attract all the types of specialist IT professionals MOD needs. The framework is a means of paying for external IT services to bolster internal staff in the area of Digital and Professional Services (DIPS).
There are currently 17 prime suppliers, which I’ve listed below, and the money is available for call-off spend to them over the next 4 years.
ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED
BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
CGI IT UK LIMITED
DELOITTE LLP
ENTSERV UK LIMITED
EVIDEN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
JACOBS U.K. LIMITED
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED
KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED
KPMG LLP
MASTEK (UK) LTD.
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
QINETIQ LIMITED
RAYTHEON SYSTEMS LIMITED
All provide DIPS, the framework this announcement seems to be about (RM6249). Crown Commercial also lists the areas and frameworks under which companies can provide other digital services, eg cyber security, cloud computing, back-office software, training services, audit and assurance, etc etc. At over 10% of Defence Digital spend, I’m guessing DIPS is a big one.
There has been an attempt to bring some programming services in house over the last two years under the banner of the Digital Foundry, but the squeeze on Civil Service numbers ensures much of the money will continue to be spent through these frameworks.
Capgemini have/had a data centre with MoD/HMG data.