How to Use Open Data to Validate Market Size in Public Procurement
UK public procurement is worth over £300 billion annually — and the spend data is published by law Award notices name the winning supplier, contract value, and duration: the raw ingredients of competitive intelligence CPV codes let you define and size any market category across the public sector Contract renewal windows are calculable: award date […]
How to Filter Tenders and Avoid Competing Against Entrenched Incumbents
Why Competing Against Incumbents Drains Your BD Resources There is a particular frustration familiar to most BD managers and bid writers: the moment you realise, usually mid-bid, that the contract you have spent weeks pursuing was never really open. The buyer knows the current supplier. The specification reads like it was written with the supplier […]
Rapid Onboarding of SMEs Revolutionises Medical Inventory
Challenge The Defence Medical Services (DMS) team urgently needed to digitise and automate inventory management, to overcome inefficiencies and operational risks. Manual processes led to misplaced or excess medical items, reducing accuracy and increasing wastage. Inventory details were recorded on paper and transcribed into spreadsheets, introducing delays and errors. The overall process was time-consuming, burdened […]
Defence Investment Plan confirmed for publication ahead of NATO summit as Chancellor vows “more money spent more effectively”
Rachel Reeves has pledged the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan will be released before the NATO summit opens in Ankara on 7 July, amid political turbulence at the top of government and mounting pressure from industry and military leaders for adequate funding. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP) will be […]
Leonardo awarded £27 million aircraft consumables contract as MOD consolidates spares supply
The National Armaments Director Group has awarded Leonardo (UK) Ltd an initial £27 million contract to supply consumable spares across the UK Armed Forces’ complete fixed-wing and rotary-wing fleet, in a deal that carries a total potential value of up to £70 million over seven years and directly supports 75 UK defence industry jobs. The […]
Parliamentary committee warns UK-EU reset risks becoming “rhetoric without reality” as defence procurement cooperation stalls
Business and Trade Committee calls on ministers to set strategic direction on European relationship as SAFE programme exclusion and defence industrial alignment leave supply chain in limbo. A House of Commons select committee has delivered a pointed assessment of the UK Government’s EU reset strategy, warning that ministerial ambition has significantly outpaced delivery and calling […]
UK joins European partners in transitioning ELSA long-range strike programme
The United Kingdom and five European allies have formally marked the transition of the European Long-Range Strike Approach from a requirements-setting framework to active implementation, with distinct ELSA Implementation Groups now taking forward development and procurement projects across the full spectrum of long-range strike capability. Launched two years ago by the Defence Ministers of France, […]