- £46 million contract awarded to provide Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) globally.
- Armed Forces Personnel to continue receiving the provision of
live instant Geographic Information.
- Enterprise Agreement sustains 25 jobs with plans to increase
roles over the next three years.
The Ministry of Defence has signed a new Enterprise Agreement
with Esri UK worth £46 million, helping UK Armed Forces personnel
access the right information, in any situation, across any
network and on any device.
Over the next three years, this contract - for the continuation
and supply of Geographic Information Systems - will support the
MOD’s digital transformation journey to achieve and maintain the
information advantage, as well as to shorten decision-making
cycles. It will sustain 25 jobs across the UK with plans to
increase roles across multiple sites by 50% over that time.
As the Ministry of Defence’s Strategic Geospatial Partner, Esri
UK provides users across the MOD with access to its world-leading
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), ArcGIS. Offering unique
capabilities and deployed on most of the Department’s networks,
military personnel use ArcGIS to gain greater insights by
applying contextual tools to visualise and analyse their data and
then collaborate via maps, apps, dashboards, and reports.
This partnership will maintain the provision of live instant
Geographic Information to British troops in remote locations
around the world by providing broader and easier access to
location-based technologies and services, with some of its uses
including Field Operations, mapping, data science, imagery, and
data collection and management.
The technology will also enable specialist users to do high-end
geospatial information (GEOINT) analysis from deployed front-line
units to UK based Defence Intelligence analysts.
Major General Richard Spencer, Director Delivery of
Intelligence and Expeditionary Services in Defence Digital,
said:
I am pleased to be able to continue to work closely with our
strategic partner, Esri UK. They have a key role in assisting us
in our ambition to digitally transform all aspects of our
business, from corporate workflows to front line operations, to
help further improve and shorten our decision-making cycles.
Victoria Cope, Defence Digital Commercial Director,
Enterprise, said:
Our partnership with Esri UK delivers critical operational
outcomes and will save £21 million over the next three years.
This agreement forms part of our strategic approach to
address digital spend and leverage our scale across the defence
enterprise.
Peter Wilkinson, Managing Director at Esri UK,
said:
We look forward to working with our extensive Partner network to
help MOD achieve three key outcomes: building the MOD’s Location
Infrastructure, with new location services and analytical
capabilities; growing the reach of these capabilities across the
entirety of MOD’s Enterprise; and developing a world-leading
ecosystem of solutions that feed into and off of this Location
Infrastructure, enabling a seamless two-way flow of information
and intelligence across all their networks. This is how we will
unlock the power of location to help MOD achieve and maintain
Information Advantage.
The Defence Digital organisation employs around 2,400 personnel
including military, civil servants, and contractors. The
organisation is responsible for making sure that effective
digital and information technology (D&IT) is put into the
hands of the military and business front line.
