The UK Ministry of Defence is determined to put small businesses at the heart of its procurement, helping to deliver innovation and value for money across the supply chain. From developing innovation challenges to setting a spend target, the MOD is encouraging small businesses to step onto the defence supply chain. ...
Announced as part of the Defence Innovation Initiative, the Defence and Security Accelerator is officially launched today. Devised as a conduit for collaboration between industry, government defence and security departments, academia, and allies, the Accelerator will allow the rapid development of innovative solutions to the most pressing security challenges. The Accelerator has ...
The Crown Commercial Service, on behalf of the government, is making it easier to apply for supplier status with the release of a new bidder pack. Following a survey by techUK last year, which found that 64% of SMEs found the red tape to procurement as the main barrier to selling ...
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has launched the Defence Industrial Policy Refresh consultation at a meeting with key defence suppliers. The Government committed to refreshing the defence industrial policy as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR15). Making it clear that competition within the defence supply chain ...