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Defence Support Sustainment Provider
Defence Equipment and Support · Central government
In brief
Defence Equipment and Support has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £295,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 July 2027.
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Competition
Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 15 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The Authority is seeking a supplier to provide sustainment, support, maintenance, and transition services for a portfolio of legacy Defence support applications and associated integration services that underpin logistics, inventory management, engineering, munitions, maritime, and supply chain operations across Defence. The requirement will support the continued operation of a complex and interconnected application estate whilst enabling the progressive transition, migration, disaggregation, and retirement of legacy systems as replacement capabilities are introduced. The scope is expected to include service management, application support and maintenance, incident and problem management,…Read the full description
The Authority is seeking a supplier to provide sustainment, support, maintenance, and transition services for a portfolio of legacy Defence support applications and associated integration services that underpin logistics, inventory management, engineering, munitions, maritime, and supply chain operations across Defence. The requirement will support the continued operation of a complex and interconnected application estate whilst enabling the progressive transition, migration, disaggregation, and retirement of legacy systems as replacement capabilities are introduced.
The scope is expected to include service management, application support and maintenance, incident and problem management, configuration and release management, technical assurance, cyber security support, middleware and integration services, data management, and associated technical specialist services. The supplier will be required to support application interoperability, data extraction and migration activities, interface management, knowledge transfer, and system decommissioning activities as part of an overall transition strategy.
The requirement includes support for business-critical and operationally significant systems that provide logistics visibility, inventory management, engineering support, munitions management, and associated information services. The supplier will be expected to maintain service availability, performance, security, and resilience whilst supporting the implementation of replacement systems and the controlled reduction of the legacy estate over the contract term.
The contract is anticipated to be a managed sustainment and transition arrangement with a reducing application footprint, supporting ongoing modernisation activities through data migration, systems integration, retirement planning, and service transition support
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 082662-2026
About the buyer
Defence Equipment and SupportLast 12 months
Procurements
233Awards
79Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
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From notice 082662-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 1 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.