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DIO Procurement Plan January 2017

February 2, 2017

The DIO Procurement Plan provides Industry with insight to doing business with DIO, information on various initiatives and strategies, such as the Small to Medium Enterprise Agenda and the Government Construction Strategy and a first look at DIO’s Forward Contracting Work plan. Download a copy of the plan here.  

New service family homes completed as part of ABP

Homeland January 19, 2017

The first phase of new service family homes has been completed at Tidworth barracks. Some 35 properties have been handed over at the £73M Ashdown Estate development by DIO and contractor Hills, as part of the Army Basing Programme (ABP). This is the first phase of the 332 homes that will be ...

A400M facility revamp completed at RAF Brize Norton

Air November 23, 2016

Construction firm, Balfour Beatty, has recently completed work at RAF Brize Norton to develop a maintenance facility for the A400M, or Atlas. The three-bay hangar will service the 22 A400M aircraft that are due to replace the RAF’s C130 Hercules, supporting the deployment of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. At 45m ...

MOD could face £8.5Bn funding gap

Land November 17, 2016

The Ministry of Defence’s estate management strategy has been criticised as “risky” and “uncertain” by the National Audit Office (NAO). The strategy ‘A Better Defence Estate’ published by the MOD this week sets out its vision that will enable ‘Infrastructure that is affordable and optimised to enable Defence capabilities, outputs and ...