Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what procurement process the requirements management and systems engineering tools for Defence Equipment and Support (DES) will be advertised; and whether there will be separate procurement processes for the software tools component and the provision of training and consultancy services for DES.

The Ministry of Defence is in the early stages of considering its future requirements management system. It is likely that existing Crown Commercial Services frameworks will be utilised to compete the future requirement, although the procurement process and associated timings are still being scoped.