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Are you an ambitious business seeking to expand your reach and secure lucrative contracts within the UK public sector?

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Home Office represent significant and consistent procurement opportunities, but navigating their intricate tendering processes can be a complex challenge. Our specialised service is designed to demystify this journey, providing you with the expertise and support needed to successfully join these prestigious procurement lists.

Why Target the MOD & Home Office?

  • Substantial Spending Power: Access a vast pipeline of contracts across a diverse range of goods, services, and works.
  • Long-Term Partnerships: Build enduring relationships with key government departments, fostering stability and growth for your business.
  • Prestige & Credibility: Enhance your company’s reputation by demonstrating your capability to meet the rigorous standards of government procurement.
  • Diverse Requirements: Opportunities exist for businesses of all sizes and sectors, from technology and logistics to professional services and infrastructure.

Our expert route to success

We offer a comprehensive, tailored approach to guide you through every stage of the MOD and Home Office procurement registration process. Our services include:

  • Eligibility & Strategy: We assess your capabilities and identify the best MOD and Home Office procurement paths for your business.
  • Platform Registration Support: Guidance on registering with key portals like DCO, CCS, and others.
  • PQQ Assistance: Expert help in reviewing and crafting compliant, persuasive Pre-Qualification Questionnaire responses.
  • Compliance Readiness: Ensuring your business meets all legal, ethical, and security standards for public sector bidding.
  • Procurement Framework Clarity: Clear guidance on navigating frameworks and identifying the best entry points.
  • Bid Prep Basics: Foundational tips and best practices for building strong initial bids.
  • Ongoing Support: Continued advice as you work towards becoming a trusted government supplier.
  • MOD & Home Office Access: Navigate UK public sector procurement with expert support.

Secure Your Place

Guiding you onto the MOD & Home Office Procurement Lists.

Winning Contracts with the MOD, Home Office & Industry

Hand in hand we will walk you through the maze of defence & security bureaucracy.

Understand

Pre due diligence on your company.

Face to face meetings to understand your service or product. To set a Baseline understanding and then draft a Strategy Roadmap from which to build a Defence & Security Marketing strategy.

Understand the next steps and the likely commitments to realise successful engagement with defence & security stakeholders.

Engage

Commercial Engagement

5C tailor a client workshop to cement this strategy & understand focus areas & next steps.

Educate

Dependant on requirements and end goals, 5C provide a number of briefs to appraise staff attending any workshop including:

MOD & Defence Procurement Background Brief

Doing Business with the MOD and Primes

Wider Government Engagement Discussion (Home Office)

Stakeholders Discussion

Key MOD Programmes in your area of interest

Action

Implement marketing strategy typically with a 0-2 years and a 3-5 year outlook.

Create opportunities register with a focus on:
•Follow on work
•Quick Wins
•Longer Term Growth.

Maintain

Maintain the contract between the client and 5C, setting out:
•A scope of work
•Monthly deliverables
•Stakeholder engagement
•Goals

Advisory Services

The 5C team boast, over 100 years of military service, defence, security & industry experience. They provide business winning advice on:

  • MOD & Defence Procurement
  • Doing Business with the MOD and Industry Primes
  • Wider Government Engagement (Home Office)
  • Stakeholders Discussion
  • Key Programme Areas
  • Bringing their domain subject matter expertise to bear

Project & Programme Management Services

  • Offers APM approved project delivery
  • Multiple projects managed through MOD structured programme management ‘Waterfall’ or ‘Agile’ methodologies.
  • External project steering group and stakeholder management
  • Internal resource and financial management

Military Technical Expertise Services

5C employ specialists covering a wide range of multi domain technical expertise. Offering:

  • Military Engineering
  • Training & Simulation, Digital Twinning & Extended Reality
  • Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) & Joint Fires
  • Integrated Soldier Systems & Tactical Communications
  • Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS)
  • Force Protection Engineering & Infrastructure
  • Home Office / Blue Light Domains
Military Technical Expertise Services

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