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The approach
The DVSA proactively shares information early with the market ahead of starting their procurements.
They do this by running “meet the buyer” events to help potential suppliers find out about their
work and plans.
Figure 24: Image showing a DVSA “meet the buyer” event to share their digital journey since 2014
For this procurement, the DVSA hosted a supplier open day to explain the challenges they face
and to gather initial ideas of how to address these and with which technologies.
They ensured that the invitation to tender (ITT) defined outcomes and clearly stated which challenges
it wanted to overcome.
The DVSA used the Crown Commercial Service Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework
agreement available through the Digital Marketplace – a procurement platform that supports the
digital transformation of public sector services.
Image showing a DVSA “meet the buyer” event to share their digital journey since 2014; image
source: the DVSA’s “Helping Digital Outcomes and Specialists suppliers to find out about us” blog
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