DPRTE 2025

Defence Digital Commercial - How can the market can help us deliver? 🤝 We want to collaborate with large organisations, SMEs and academia to ensure that innovation is at the forefront of everything we do and we are looking for opportunities to make digital advances, to maintain our competitive edge. We want to hear about your pipelines so please reach out to us direct through our mailbox [email protected].    📞 We want to hear from suppliers large or small, across the telecom sector on new technology to modernise the defence network.  What is in your pipeline for space and next-generation capabilities?  Professional Services are interested in engaging with new entrants to the market, specifically small and medium-sized enterprises, who can join their consortia on the Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework.    👉 You can contact us via our mailbox [email protected] 👉 You can find more information about the DIPS framework via https://lnkd.in/excg-8wu.

📣 Free Webinar 📣 BAE Systems: The Importance of Collaboration with Suppliers with Neil Jackson, Group Senior Sustainable Procurement Manager – Social Value, at BAE Systems 🗓 Tue 21 May 11am 📈 Recent figures from the Ministry of Defence have shown defence spending with the UK industry by the MOD has topped £25 billion for the first time.This investment looks set to increase following the Government’s announcement that it plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - reaching £87 billion a year in 2030. 🤝This is an opportunity to hear first-hand about what successful collaboration between Primes and suppliers looks like, the importance of early engagement, overcoming barriers and examining the opportunities available to suppliers. Register Today https://lnkd.in/dQwk_jqe Simon Burges Scott Zonfrillo Matthew Brown

📣 Last chance to register 💻 The Experience of a New Defence Start Up - Sam Staincliffe, founder and CTO of UPLIFT360 🗓 Tomorrow at 10am 💻 This month we delve into the experiences of Sam Staincliffe as the founder and CTO of a defence company developing chemical technology to recycle advanced materials. Founded in 2021, Uplift360 is a Greentech startup working in the advanced material circular economy (redesign, reuse, regenerate and recycle) focused on the defence and security sector. By attending you will: 🚀 Understand the importance of considering sustainability as a crucial component of any defence contract. 🚀 Hear about the experience of getting an innovative business off the ground, securing funding and a place in defence marketplace. 🚀 Gain actionable insight into the latest spending trends across MOD procurement. ✅ Register Today -> https://lnkd.in/e4-Rxbt4

📣 Free Webinar 📣 The Experience of a New Defence Start Up - Sam Staincliffe,  founder and CTO of UPLIFT360 🗓 Tue 30 April 10am 💻 This month we delve into the experiences of Sam Staincliffe as the founder and CTO of a defence company developing chemical technology to recycle advanced materials. Founded in 2021, Uplift360 is a Greentech startup working in the advanced material circular economy (redesign, reuse, regenerate and recycle) focused on the defence and security sector. By attending you will: 🚀 Understand the importance of considering sustainability as a crucial component of any defence contract.  🚀 Hear about the experience of getting an innovative business off the ground, securing funding and a place in defence marketplace.  🚀 Gain actionable insight into the latest spending trends across MOD procurement. ✅ Register Today -> https://lnkd.in/e4-Rxbt4

📣Hot off the press: Our DCI 'UK Public Sector Key Market Drivers' Report is available now! Discover: - Key insights into the drivers affecting the defence market today, including the Procurement Act. - A deep dive into the latest on buyers, frameworks and awards. - A thorough understanding of the importance of engaging early with the defence sector. You’ll find all this and more in our new report 📑 Stay in the know – download our report today for free 👉 https://lnkd.in/eimFnzbh And don’t forget, we are offering 24% off when you buy a DCI Advance, Classic, or Complete two-year subscription in April*💸 Find out more here https://lnkd.in/eVVy9Xi8 *Offer ends 30 April 2024. Terms and Conditions apply

Recently, the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee heard of how Commercial X is reducing barriers that prevent small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from doing business with MOD. Commercial X empowers its commercial officers with freedoms to accelerate the procurement process and help suppliers engage better with MOD. We are very proud of the positive difference it is making for SMEs. Thanks to 2PUS Paul Lincoln CB OBE VR MinDP and Lt Gen Tom C-S CBE for shining light on the crucial work Commercial X is doing to improve MOD’s engagement with SMEs and deliver innovative capabilities to protect our frontline forces in today’s software world. Watch the session: https://lnkd.in/eFY6FRQM Learn more about Commercial X: https://lnkd.in/epkXQ77w #CommercialX #SMEs #Defenceacquisition #Innovation

Following last month's DPRTE 2024 and the official 2025 sponsorship and exhibition package pre-sale, our Events Team, as of today 15 April, have officially released the remaining packages for general sale. With 20% of next year's show already sold out and with over 2,700 key decision makers attending this year’s event, now is the time to register your interest and the team will be in touch to discuss your requirements: https://lnkd.in/dQty-wB 

Thank you to our sponsors, partners, exhibitors, speakers and delegates who helped make #DPRTE24 the best event to date. General sales for DPRTE 2025 open on Monday 15 April - sign up on our website today to be first in line to learn more https://www.dprte.co.uk/ Defence Procurement Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) UK Ministry of Defence REDS Group Babcock International Group KBR, Inc. TIA-Group FlamePro Defence Thales Defence Scale AI Leonardo BAE Systems Tetra Tech Commerce Decisions Eficode Cundall Unipart Logistics Guidant Global Arcadis Moody's Ivalua Service Graphics DHL Defence Contracts International BiP Solutions

We were very excited to have been involved in the launch of the Defence Supplier Capability Development Programme, which was announced at DPRTE 2024 by Andy Start, CEO of Defence Equipment and Support, Andrew Forzani, MOD’s Director General Commercial and SME Champion, and Julie Brettell, MOD’s Supply Chain Director. The programme focuses on supporting defence SMEs and mid-tiers to undertake business improvement activities through funded interventions and expert advice and mentoring. Find out more about the programme, including how to apply, here: www.dscdp.co.uk

What a fantastic day at DPRTE 2024 networking with the UK’s defence supply chain! We enjoyed meeting a range of SMEs across the Defence sector and catching up with our MoD colleagues and prime contractors to discuss how we can work together to make defence opportunities more accessible for all. We are working hard to ensure SMEs can play a part in our mission to equip our armed forces with the edge to protect our nation. 🤝 Didn’t attend and want to be involved? Find out how to work with us 👉 https://ow.ly/uLNw50R4eOq