Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7
Summary
This framework agreement, let under the Procurement Act 2023, gives all sector organisations access to agile development and user-centred design services including individual Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) specialist roles.
Updates
19/6/2025: The tender deadline has been extended to 3pm Friday 27 June
Description
RM1043.9 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 combines our current RM1043.8 Digital Outcomes 6 framework and RM6263 Digital Specialists and Programmes frameworks.
This framework enables public sector organisations to procure suppliers to deliver digital, data, and technology services in line with government policies, standards and best practices.
The scope for this framework contract supports delivery across all service manual agile life cycle phases (discovery, alpha, beta, live and retirement) to deliver application development and user-centred design services to build great digital products and services that meet citizen needs.
Benefits
- small and medium enterprises (SME) friendly
- access a large pool of agile methodology specialists
- access to DDaT capability
- Government Digital Service Service Standard assured
- flexible call-off award procedures
Product Types
Lot 1 – Digital Outcomes: allows buyers to procure suppliers to deliver specific, outcome-based digital projects in line with agile methodologies and government digital standards.
Lot 2 – Digital Capability and Delivery Partners: allows buyers to procure suppliers to support the delivery of long-term digital transformation programmes, capability-building initiatives, and strategic resource augmentation.
Lot 3 – Digital Specialists: allows buyers to procure individual digital specialists with expertise in specific digital roles. These specialists support defined projects, services and transformation initiatives by bringing targeted skills into existing teams.
Lot 4 – User Research Studios and Participants: allows buyers to hire studio space or recruit user research participants to test digital services.
Customer engagement
As part of the RM1043.9: Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 (DOS7) tender, bidders are required to complete and submit a certificate of Technical Ability Certificates (TAC) for Lot 2.
Bidders will complete the TAC by selecting relevant capabilities and will need the customer to sign the TAC before submitting it to CCS.
Make sure to sign any TACs that bidders ask you to sign in support of the DOS 7 procurement.
Pre-market customer engagement started with the following webinars, slides are available below:
- DOS DSP replacement buyer event 3 April webinar slides
- DOS DSP replacement buyer event 27 June webinar slides
- DOS 7 roundtable event 9 July webinar slides
- DOS7 and TS4 customer engagement 17 September webinar slides
The question and answers from the market engagement sessions are available below:
- DOS DSP replacement pre-market engagement questions and answers
- DOS DSP Replacement pre-market engagement 3 April buyer menti responses
Supplier engagement
For details of future sessions including topics to be discussed and dates the surgeries will be held, as well as a link to sign up for the surgeries, please visit the CCS events page.
Pre-market supplier engagement started with the following webinars, slides are available below:
- DOS7 TechUK SME event 15 April 2024 webinar slides
- DOS7 TechUK SME event 24 June 2024 webinar 2024 slides
- DOS7 Roundtable event 9 July 2024 webinar slides
- DOS7 Digital down select tool workshops 31 July 2024 and 1 August 2024 slides
- DOS7 January 25 supplier technical ability certificates (TACs) webinar v2
- DOS 7 Terms and conditions supplier surgery 13 March 2025
- DOS 7 Supplier updates on policy procurement notice’s (PPNs) and financial viability risk assessments (FVRAs) slidedeck 19 March 2025
- DOS 7 FVRA and policies supplier surgery questions and answers March 2025
- DOS 7 How to bid webinar 27 March 2025
- DOS 7 Supplier newsletter
The question and answers from the market engagement sessions are available here:
- TechUK SME Event 15 April 2024 (DOS DSP) Q and A
- Tech UK SME Event 15 April 2024 (DOS DSP) menti responses
- DOS7 TechUK market engagement event 15 August 2024 slides
- DOS7 June 2024 and August 2024 supplier engagement webinar questions and answers
- DOS 7 terms and conditions surgery questions and answers March 2025
- DOS 7 How to bid webinar questions and answers March 2025
The slides and question and answers from the PPN supplier update sessions are available here:
Important links
Planned procurement notice | Read planned procurement notice |
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Contract notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | View FTS notice |
Tender documents | Download tender documents |
Timeline
Activity | Estimated dates |
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Pre-market engagement | Autumn 2024 to Spring 2025 |
Drafting of procurement documents | Winter 2024 to Spring 2025 |
Publication of FTS notice | Spring 2025 |
Framework award | February 2026 to Spring 2026 |