Provision of an ADS Technical Design Office (TDO)

2026-11-03

This contract has already been awarded.Army Digital Services (ADS) wishes to contract a supplier to provide a comprehensive Technical Cloud Architecture Design, Security and Support (TCADSS) Service. The service will be delivered as an outcome-focused, self-managed capability that assures, designs, delivers, and evolves the ADS Army Cloud and related platforms.In summary (detailed in Schedule 1), the service will provide:• Technical Cloud Support Service to deliver ADS Army Cloud initiatives, ensuring provision, management, support, and exploitation of the Army Cloud across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.• A Technical Design Office (TDO) Service, acting as the through-life design authority for all ADS-owned systems and services. This will deliver Solution, Security, System, and Platform Architecture functions, ensuring alignment to Enterprise Architecture while providing ongoing assurance, governance, and roadmaps.• Platform Engineering functions spanning the full development lifecycle, including environment provisioning, CI/CD integration, automation, resilience engineering, and 4th line incident escalation.• Deployable and Land Systems support, designing and delivering mission-ready, secure, and resilient deployable services for tactical and contested environments.• Cost Modelling & Compliance Functions, including through-life cost modelling for cloud hosting and design services, Software Asset Management (SAM) design and approach for licence compliance, and platform compliance assessments.• Security Operations Support, including the design and infrastructure management of the ADS SIEM solution, ensuring integration with the SOC and Land mission systems.• Enterprise Architecture Tools Management, ensuring ADS architecture artefacts, models, and reference patterns are maintained and integrated within a central repository.• Innovation & Emerging Technology Advisory, including horizon scanning, R&D proof-of-concepts, and AI initiatives, ensuring ADS can adopt, trial, and exploit new technologies securely and effectively.

United Kingdom (UK)

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