Welcome to the DCSA

With an annual spend of £1.2 billion, the Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) is responsible for the delivery of Information and Communication Services (ICS) across the Ministry of Defence. These services range from fixed and mobile telephones to satellite communication links, and from computers and associated networks/infrastructures to airfield support.

Led by the Chief Executive the 5,000-strong Agency is a mix of Service and civilian staff, based at various locations throughout the UK and around the world.

Defence Fixed Telecommunications System (DFTS) - Contract Extension

On 1 April 2005 the MoD signed a five-year extension to the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System (DFTS) services Public Private Partnership contract with British Telecommunications (BT) plc. The extension is worth in excess of £1.5 Billion, taking the total contract value to over £3 Billion. The DFTS contract is managed by the Defence Fixed Networks IPT, which is collocated with the BT DFTS team at the Defence Communication Services Agency’s Copenacre site, near Corsham.

The DFTS contract extension secures the continuation of global voice, data and video telecommunications services to July 2012. These services are vital to the daily operations of the Department and UK Armed Forces. It will bring technological innovation, with the gradual migration of DFTS services onto a new digital core network, providing operational benefits that contribute to the Department’s future capabilities, as set out in the Defence White Paper ‘Delivering Security in a Changing World (July 2004).’ It represents the best whole life cost solution for Defence, with savings of £15M a year. Revised contract conditions ensure ongoing value for money and the extended contract period improves the Department’s ability to run a competition for the follow-on fixed telecommunication programme.

The extended contract will make an important contribution to the Defence Modernisation Programme by maintaining stable wide area network telecommunication services. These will be critical to the successful roll out of the Defence Infrastructure Information (Future) project.

MIN DP Announces Preferred Bidder for DII

The Minister for Defence Procurement, Lord Bach, today announced the Preferred Bidder for the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) Project. DII (F) will be a major step towards a single IS system for Defence and the PB announced today will be responsible for the delivery of around 70,000 terminals and 200,000 user accounts.

Further information can be found on the DII site.

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information (FoI) Act becomes legally binding on 1 January 2005. You can ask any question in English or Welsh (except that covered under the Data Protection Act) and expect a response within 20 working days.

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