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

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 2027, is open only to buyers within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and its 17 suppliers are mostly large def