Why Security-Cleared Opportunities Require a Different Approach to Pipeline Building Security-cleared opportunities present a different challenge to standard public procurement. Contracts requiring classified handling, vetted personnel, or controlled facility environments are often not published through the same channels as routine public sector work. Some are restricted by design. Others are issued through specialist procurement routes, frameworks, or portals such as the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) — the MOD’s primary platform for advertising and tendering contract opportunities — before a formal notice ever reaches a public database. When deadlines do appear, the window between first publication and submission close is frequently…
