Guidance

MOD contracting, purchasing and finance: e-procurement system

Details of the online electronic procurement system, project milestones and implications for defence suppliers.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 19 April 2016
• Last updated: 23 August 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) tools

HTML

Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) guidance for suppliers

HTML

Annex A: supplier notification diagram

PDF, 197 KB, 1 page

Example ITT (invitation to tender)

PDF, 440 KB, 36 pages

CP&F end to end guide including Exostar

PDF, 2.26 MB, 74 pages

Further information on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) (Updated 28 January 2021)

HTML

Details

Details of the new online electronic procurement system, project milestones and implications for defence suppliers.

Published 19 April 2016
Last updated 23 August 2023 + show all updates

1. 23 August 2023

   Removed: MOD e-procurement system outage.

2. 29 June 2023

   Contact details updated in 'Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) guidance for suppliers'.

3. 28 June 2023

   Added 'MOD e-procurement system outage – August 2023'.

4. 1 December 2022

   'Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) tools' updated.

5. 19 February 2021

   Added updated information to the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) tools page and added a Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) – Go-Live – A Forzani Letter to the content (updated 18 February 2021).

6. 11 February 2021

   Updated the title: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) tools (updated 11 February 2021) and added a call to action notice on the page.

7. 28 January 2021

   Updated: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool information under the DSP Supplier Communications and the Implementation update sections. The Further information on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) has also been updated.

8. 6 January 2021

   Updated section - Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) – Implementation Update in: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool (updated 6 January 2021) under 'Latest news' section. Also added under DSP Supplier Communications heading: Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) - Implementation Update number 5 - A Forzani letter.

9. 17 December 2020

   Added update under headings: DSP Supplier Communications heading and Latest news.

10. 17 December 2020

    Updated information on Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool (updated 17 December 2020) by adding a new heading called: 'DSP Useful Documents' along with documents. Also added Further information on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) in HTML.

11. 11 December 2020

    Updated the 'Latest News' section in Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool (updated 11 December 2020) and added heading 'DSP Supplier Communications' along with A Forzani letters.

12. 1 October 2020

    Added a new heading in the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool attachments called 'Introducing the new MOD E-Sourcing Platform'.

13. 5 August 2020

    Updated: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool and Guidance for suppliers.

14. 23 June 2020

    Updated: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool.

15. 17 June 2020

    Updated the: Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool page.

16. 12 June 2020

    Updated the guide 'Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool' with new timeframe for e-sourcing solutions.

17. 6 May 2020

    Updated the dates in 'E-sourcing solution' section of the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool guidance.

18. 16 April 2020

    Added content to, and updated Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool (Updated 16 April 2020).

19. 19 March 2020

    Added Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool (Updated 19 March 2020).

20. 10 February 2020

    Multiple contextual amendments made to, 'Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool' page.

21. 24 April 2019

    Information on Release 4 has been updated.

22. 12 December 2018

    Updated guidance and information on forthcoming releases.

23. 26 September 2018

    Added a short section on the new contract numbering system.

24. 18 September 2018

    Updated the Contracting, purchasing and finance section and added a new exemplar email template.

25. 2 July 2018

    Updated the MOD contracting, purchasing and finance: e-procurement tool html with new information about the new tool.

26. 11 April 2018

    Updated latest news for suppliers in Guidance html.

27. 9 April 2018

    Removed the communications survey section, as the survey has now closed.

28. 22 November 2017

    Added updated guidance for suppliers.

29. 12 October 2017

    Added latest update to suppliers in the guidance document.

30. 11 August 2017

    Updates to the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool guidance and the guidance for suppliers.

31. 27 February 2017

    Added update on CP&F and letter from Stephen Lovegrove.

32. 5 December 2016

    Updated CPF tool and supplier guidance information.

33. 17 November 2016

    Added launch date update details.

34. 7 November 2016

    Updated summary with launch date for the new online procurement system.

35. 1 November 2016

    Release 2 announcement.

36. 26 October 2016

    Added Guidance for suppliers document.

37. 7 October 2016

    Go live dates and information updated.

38. 16 September 2016

    Added information about system 'go live' deferral.

39. 8 August 2016

    Added updated information.

40. 19 April 2016

    First published.