This week, Stuart John, from the Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) Bid Team at Leidos, examines new research with the Institute for Collaborative Working into how government, prime contractors and SMEs can move beyond traditional, contract-led supplier relationships towards structured collaboration — and why this shift is becoming essential to delivering defence capability at the pace the Armed Forces now require. “Through our work with the Institute for Collaborative Working, Leidos is helping to shape the conversation on how major defence programmes can work more effectively with SMEs and unlock greater value from the wider supply chain.” Defence Support Ecosystem “The…
