Get listed & apply for tenders
Do you have specialist resources that could help the public sector buy, design, build and deliver digital outcomes using an agile approach? Then this is a framework for you!
Digital Outcomes and Specialists
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 1,000 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.
Watch this space for a timeline! Applications for the next iteration of Digital Outcomes and Specialists, DOS3, are likely to be underway in December 2017.
What we can do for you:
Simply, we help you with your submission to get you successfully listed on the framework. But most of all, we ensure you will be in with a good chance of winning some contracts once you are on DOS. Our Digital Outcomes and Specialist support package provides you with up to 20 hours of invaluable bidding support. So when our clients see an opportunity they want to bid on, they call us and get us to work with them on their bid.
We replicate the public sector buying experience and score the responses. They then improve their bid response based on our feedback – and guess what? We (our clients & us) are WINNING!
Jeff MottoCEO at Leading ResolutionsThe team at Advice Cloud supported us with our framework strategy which included securing a listing on DOS1 and DOS2. We engaged their post-award services which included bid and call-off reviews and were subsequently very pleased to secure a public sector contract. We found Advice Cloud to be very professional, attentive and good at accommodating our business needs and we would positively recommend the team to any organisation needing similar support.
Our DOS experience:
We have won around £2.5m of COLD opportunities from Lots 1 & 2 of DOS, 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.
£185m = the value of sales through DOS since inception,
of which 34% was with SME providers.
89% of total sales by value were through Central Government and 11% through the wider Public Sector.
