In October 2019 we announced that we were on the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 framework (DOS4) of the UK Government Crown Commercial Service.
Well, in January 2021, we now have the pleasure that we’ve been accepted on to the subsequent framework which is aptly named Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 (DOS5).
What is DOS5?
DOS5 or the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 framework, is a public sector procurement framework by the UK Government Crown Commercial Service.
The precise wording is: “This agreement helps the public sector buy, design, build and provide bespoke digital outcomes by finding appropriate specialists to provide agile software development.” [REF]
The UK Government Digital Marketplace provides the ability for public sector to search for suppliers, and for members of the frameworks to look for opportunities.
What does DOS5 mean for Awen Collective?
DOS5 means that we, as Awen Collective, will continue to be able to look for relevant public sector problems where we can apply our two products:
Dot a software system to help industrial organisations to discover devices and vulnerabilities on the Operational Technology (OT) networks, so that those organisations can gain as much actionable intelligence about their cyber risks, thereby enabling them to use budget wisely to reduce risk and increase resilience.
Profile is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system enabling critical infrastructure operators and their suppliers to adhere to the EU and UK-wide NIS Directive. It provides an easy-to-use web interface for collaborating, checking and monitoring compliance to the implemented directive.
The parts of public sector that use DOS is wide! Departments/Organisations such as the Cabinet Office, the MOD, the Environment Agency, the Highway Agency and also regulators. So it provides direct access between these public sector organisations and the private sector organisations on the framework - including us, Awen Collective!
What experience does Awen Collective have with government procurement frameworks?
Awen Collective is indeed now on DOS5. We first joined the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework series in the previous framework DOS4.
As of September 2020 we were also accepted on to G-Cloud 12, which is a UK Government framework aimed at the provision of cloud-based services.
If this sounds interesting and you would like to know more, then please do contact us today.