Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 is open for applications!
Digital Outcomes and Specialists is a ground-breaking framework with a low barrier of entry to interested suppliers, you simply need to get listed and start applying for tenders. The tenders are aimed at commissioning digital teams or individuals to complement public sector internal teams in delivering agile digital services. And, over 1,850 opportunities have been advertised so far, out in the open in a completely unique way.
Digital Outcomes and Specialists Lots:
Digital Outcomes and Specialists (RM1043iv), currently in it’s second iteration, is released on a 9-18 months cycle and broken up into 4 broad categories or lots:
- Digital Outcomes – for suppliers looking to build teams and support a digital service.
- Digital Specialists -for suppliers who can provide individual specialists to work on a service or programme.
- User Research Studios – to provide facilities for researchers or participants to work in.
- User Research Participants – for suppliers who can recruit user research participants with a range of experience.
Digital Outcomes and Specialists application timeline:
| ACTION | DATE |
|---|---|
| DOS3 opens and the clarification period begins | 18th July 2018 |
| Deadline for asking clarification questions | 8th August (5pm) |
| Answers to clarification questions will be published | 15th August (5pm) |
| Applications close | 22nd August |
| Award Date | 17th September |
| Standstill period | 17th - 27th September |
| Framework goes live | 1st October |
Our Digital Outcomes and Specialists services
Simply, we help you with your submission to get you successfully listed as a supplier on the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework. But most of all, we ensure you will be in with a good chance of winning some contracts once you are on DOS.
Adrian LeerMD at TriadAs a result of Advice Cloud’s DOS workshop, we were shortlisted for 13 out of 16 opportunities. If we hadn’t had the workshop we wouldn’t have got to stage two so often and we wouldn’t have been able to win key opportunities
Our Digital Outcomes and Specialists support and listing service includes:
- Half a day workshop at clients office covering how to bid effectively and how to ask for and utilise buyer feedback
- Listing and submission support on any number of Lots
- 12 months DOS bid support (4h per month)
- Regular networking events
- Access to our client only webinars
- Account management including unlimited email support
Download the PDF of our DOS Support and Listing Services.
Our DOS experience:
Our clients have won millions of pounds in COLD opportunities across all DOS Lots, which includes work for large government departments and the NHS.
With over 80 years of combined experience as public sector buyers, we know the sector inside and out. This experience is transferred into our DOS services – on getting you listed and supporting you once you are shortlisted. We are skilled evaluators in tech & digital services.
Get in touch and see if DOS is the right match for your company. In the meantime check out our LinkedIn post to find out a bit more about “Why we love DOS”.
Why do we love the DOS Framework?
- It’s relatively straight forward to get on – although we had contact from someone that did fail to get on. Contrast that with its predecessor Digital Services 2 (see an excellent blog from Harry Metcalfe here) and you will understand the smiles.
- The contract terms are in plain English and are not onerous. Wonderful for an SME!
- Opportunities are posted in the open! That’s right…. IN. THE. OPEN! Not behind closed doors or in dusty Whitehall backrooms….
- Feedback is being acted upon. There is a real sense of participation, not all the suggested improvements to the framework are immediate but they do seem to be being enacted. The focus on user needs is very evident here for us.
£333m = the value of sales through DOS since inception
of which 35% was with SME providers.
89% of total sales by value were through Central Government and 11% through the wider Public Sector.
