Defence Equipment Engineering and Asset Management System (DEEAMS)

Description

MOD intends to competitively award a contract to deliver the Defence Equipment Engineering and Asset Management System (DEEAMS) capability. DEEAMS will deliver the core technical solution for pan-Defence Engineering Through Life Support (ETLS). DEEAMS is the first of 5 Enterprise Wide Support Services (EWSS) which are part of the Business Modernisation for Support (BMfS) transformational programme. Whilst DEEAMS is intended to operate as a self-standing solution, the Authority reserves the right to utilise elements of the DEEAMS solution product set and the technology platform which is procured as part of the DEEAMS solution in the wider BMfS context for reasons of ease of business process, interfacing, compatibility and integration. Any such additional use would be an optional extension of scope under this DEEAMS procurement. The Authority’s expectation is that, should it exercise such optional extension, it will nonetheless require one or more third party suppliers to deliver the development, configuration, integration and support of each of the impacted wider BMfS solutions, and the selection of such supplier(s) will be subject to separate subsequent procurement exercise(s). DEEAMS will cohere Defence ETLS into one solution underpinned by Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) product(s) which delivers the best-in-class commercial sector business processes. The DEEAMS System Integrator (SI) will be responsible for determining the best COTS fit and software delivery model including any associated configuration activity, as well as a basic training solution, and lead on the migration and integration and support the BMfS Business Change team. MOD will consider licensing, support and hosting models for the COTS software which both meet its stated requirements and offer VfM. This may include a perpetual licensing model or another delivery model such as Software as a Service.