QinetiQ has been named as a provider on the brand new Digital and IT Skilled Providers (DIPS) framework for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to be run by the Crown Industrial Service (CCS). Over 4 years the framework settlement will ship a spread of digital and IT specialist’s skilled companies to Defence Digital, accounting for an estimated £1.2bn of spend.
QinetiQ has been named as a major provider on two of six tons:
- Lot 2: DevApps, UX, Dev Ops, System Design & Purposes Help
- Lot 3: Cyber Safety, Crypto, Safety Operations & Built-in techniques.
As well as, QinetiQ is a subcontract associate on two extra a number of the framework:
- Lot 1: Resolution, Enterprise & Tech Structure, Information, Innovation Tech Assurance & Data and Data Administration
- Lot 6: Intelligence Options.
James Willis, Chief Govt, UK Intelligence, QinetiQ, stated “We’ve a confirmed observe file below comparable framework agreements of efficiently partnering with an ecosystem of each massive contractors with a protracted heritage in defence and suppliers which might be newer to defence who can convey recent views to defence challenges, to deal with our clients’ most complicated challenges at tempo. I’m delighted with our choice as a number one supplier on the DIPS framework because it permits us to leverage our well-established experience in defence and safety throughout air, sea, land, cyber domains to develop thrilling new options that may ship important mission functionality.”
Crown Industrial Service (CCS) assisted MOD within the manufacturing of the DIPS framework and have become the framework authority when it went dwell in November 2023, with MOD accountable for all buyer engagement.
Via this new framework QinetiQ and its companions, will ship companies aligned with its core choices of digital engineering (DevSecOps), cyber safety and mission techniques architectures, to allow info sharing and supply actionable intelligence for a number of operational customers and ship core mission functionality to the Armed Forces.
The DIPS framework is strongly aligned to the continued transformation goals at Defence Digital and can enable MOD entry to a variety of business abilities by means of pre-defined phrases and situations. Lowering the time to run competitions and accelerating supply, this new framework is aligned to MODs course towards outcome-based contracting that may present improved supply (to time, price or high quality) and worth for cash.
QinetiQ continues to develop its mission essential digital capabilities within the areas of DevSecOps and Cyber. The DIPS framework will present a key path to marketplace for these capabilities that may allow the continued transformation of our buyer’s choice making cycle. QinetiQ’s place as a strategic provider to Defence Digital is additional enhanced with our position on the DIPS framework.
Crown Industrial Service helps the general public sector to attain most business worth when procuring widespread items and companies. In 2022/23, CCS helped the general public sector to attain business advantages equal to £3.8 billion – supporting world-class public companies that supply finest worth for taxpayers.
About Crown Industrial Service (CCS)
Crown Industrial Service is an Govt Company of the Cupboard Workplace, supporting the general public sector to attain most business worth when procuring widespread items and companies.
About QinetiQ
QinetiQ is an built-in world defence and safety firm centered on mission-led innovation. We make use of greater than 8,500 highly-skilled individuals, dedicated to creating new methods of defending what issues most; testing applied sciences, techniques, and processes to verify they meet operational wants; and enabling clients to deploy new and enhanced capabilities with the peace of mind they may ship the efficiency required. Go to our web site www.QinetiQ.com. Observe us on LinkedIn and Twitter @QinetiQ. Go to our weblog www.QinetiQ-blogs.com.
Outlined under are examples of the work QinetiQ has secured as a part of different frameworks and have supported our sturdy progress in recent times:
- In 2019 we received the lead position on three of six functionality areas for the Serapis framework, the place we assist DSTL, MOD and different authorities departments to develop novel battle-winning capabilities, now producing revenues of £40m each year. Latest tasks have included: Exploring the usage of AI to allow improved command and management processes anticipating and adapting quicker than adversaries; a mission to develop an idea demonstrator utilizing AI and Machine Studying to develop self-defending cyber for navy platforms; and the supply of artificial atmosphere ‘digital proving grounds’ for each the British Military and Royal Navy to affordably check and consider learn how to function and combine new capabilities, resembling new floor automobiles inside battlegroups.
- In 2017 we received the Vivace contract with the House Workplace bringing collectively a large and various ecosystem of suppliers to drive innovation into the supply of mission essential functionality, working at excessive tempo to speed up the supply of deployable functionality. We’ve grown this enterprise and it now generates revenues in extra of £30m each year. We’ve just lately delivered tasks for Homeland Safety on the House Workplace that show our objective in motion: a mission that simulates marauding terrorist assaults looking for to enhance danger administration, response planning and save lives, and thru the pandemic a mission that gives superior and automatic options for waste water evaluation to supply early-warning of COVID-19 in native wastewater, serving to to hurry up detection and save lives. We had been chosen once more in October 2022 to proceed delivering this programme after scheduled contract re-tendering.
