How to win: DDaT: Digital and Data: Solutions Factory

About this contract

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is seeking a specialist delivery partner to establish and operate its first Digital Solutions Factory. The Solutions Factory will act as a dedicated delivery capability within the Digital, Technology and Security (DTaS) Corporate Services Group, providing a structured and scalable approach to identifying, prioritising, and delivering small-to-medium digital solutions and process automations across the FCDO. Under DOS 7 (RM1043.9) Lot 2 (Digital Capability and Delivery Partners).

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £7,500,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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