Contract Award Notice - DDAI/197 - Enterprise AI, Modelling and Simulation Core and Embedded Teams
Details
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence
- Supplier(s)
- PA Consulting Services Ltd
- Value
- £19,000,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Software consultancy services
- Published
- 13 August 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Contract Award Notice for DDAI/197 - Enterprise AI, Modelling and Simulation Core and Embedded Teams contract. Competed through Lot 2 - Dev, Apps, UX, Dev Ops, Sys Design & Support - of the Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) framework (RM6249). Procurement of a Core Support Service to enable the Defence Synthetics Service to deliver a pan-Defence capability supporting Modelling & Simulation (M&S) and enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI). The services under this contract will support the Defence Synthetics Service in accelerating the deployment of new programmes, enhance existing capabilities, and maximise the value of pan-Defence M&S and AI through a services-based approach. The service will also provide scalable support for embedded delivery teams to meet new requirements, whether from Synthetics, or known customers such as the Defence Modelling and Simulation Office and the Defence AI Centre. The contract will adopt outcome-based Statements of Work (SoW) in alignment with the DIPS framework (RM6249).
Timeline
- Completed: Award date9 June 2025
- Completed: Award published13 August 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 May 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72266000 · Software consultancy services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
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| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov |
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