Provision of an ADS Technical Design Office (TDO)

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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.

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