Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis the choice of a requirements management system for his Department is made; and for what reasons there is not an open competition related to that system.

The Ministry of Defence is in the early stages of considering its future requirements management system. It is likely that existing Crown Commercial Services frameworks will be utilised to compete the future requirement, although the procurement process and associated timings are still being scoped.