Dstl seeks CT&S suppliers
This is the second of nine capability areas to offer research opportunities through R-Cloud, which provides easy-to-use, direct access to current and future research requirements. Further roll out, across Dstl’s other capability areas, is expected over the coming months.
Suppliers working in the area of CT&S can apply to be part of R-Cloud via the Defence Contracts Online (DCO) pre-qualification portal: www.contracts.mod.uk from 3 September until 1 October 2014. (See ‘R-Cloud Framework CT&S’ contract opportunity). Access is via the DCO response manager using the access code: 5J37KNWT28. New users will need to create a supplier account within the DCO portal in order to access this contracting opportunity and provide the necessary pre-qualification information.
This site has the overarching statement of requirement summarising the broad CT&S research categories where support is likely to be required. Once you have a supplier account with the DCO portal, prospective suppliers must provide the pre-qualification evidence requested. If successful, suppliers will then be considered for future R-Cloud CT&S research contract opportunities with mini-competitions being run where suppliers will be invited to express interest and tender for different tasks.
Dstl’s R-Cloud Project Manager, Neil Higson, said: “Dstl places a significant amount of research contracts every year with industry and academia. R-Cloud will eventually provide a commercial marketplace for research opportunities across the spectrum of Dstl’s capability areas, with a contracting mechanism that will significantly help expedite the placement of research contracts and broaden the supplier base.”
