Digital and IT Professional Services 2
Summary
Allows customers with defence and security requirements to recruit digital and IT resources.
Description
RM6413 Digital and IT Professional Services will replace RM6249 Digital and IT Professional Services. It will give defence and security customers a compliant and cost effective way to access digital, IT and cyber capability and expertise.
Benefits
More information will be provided soon.
Product types
More information will be provided soon.
Supplier engagement
We held the first round of supplier engagement sessions in March 2026.
- RM6413 supplier engagement slides and questions and answers
- watch our supplier webinar from 27 March 2026
- question and answer for supplier engagement webinar 27 March 26
- supplier engagement slides from 26 March 2026
- supplier engagement form
The Ministry of Defence and the Government Commercial Agency (GCA), formerly Crown Commercial Service, will run industry briefings for RM6413 Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) 2.0 framework on Thursday 7 May.
These sessions build on previous engagement. They will give more detail about what RM6413 DIPS 2.0 covers and how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can take part.
You will learn more about the framework and its role in relation to other buying routes.
We will publish dates for future supplier engagement sessions when they are available. Please check this page for updates.
Important links
| Pipeline notice | Read pipeline notice |
| Preliminary market engagement notice | Not available yet |
| Planned procurement notice | Not available yet |
| Contract notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | March 2026 to November 2026 |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | November 2026 to March 2027 |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | March 2027 |
| Framework award | September 2027 |