Phoenix Software has bagged a £75m MoD win in its first “major direct engagement” with the government ministry.
The software licensing provider, part of LSE-listed Bytes Technology Group, has been picked as sole supplier for the MoD’s Value Added Software Agreement (VOSA).
VOSA aims to become the primary route for all software tail spend across the MoD.
Worth £75m to Phoenix over three years, Phoenix said the “landmark” contract is one of “several recent sole-supplier wins” it has recently bagged in the public sector.
It snared it through Crown Commercial Service’s Technology Products and Associated Services 2 (TePAS 2) framework, which is set to run until October 2027.
Phoenix said its winning VOSA bid focused on enhancing the MoD’s visibility and control over its software spend across thousands of buying entities.
“VOSA is not just a contract, it’s a platform for innovation, transparency, and long-term value for the UK’s defence community,” stated Keith Martin, Sales Director at Phoenix Software.
“It will provide the MoD with a much simpler route-to-market for software purchases, while providing greater transparency and optimisation of its software spend.”
Headed up by Clare Metcalfe (pictured, top), York-based Phoenix Software is the slightly smaller of BTG’s two brands, employing 477 staff at its 2025 year end (compared with Bytes Software Services’ 760 headcount). It was last year awarded a Royal Warrant.
Boasting an estimated £24bn purse, TePAS 2 successor, TePAS 3, is slated to go live in July 2027.
Crown Commercial Service itself is in the midst of a rejig as the government prepares to unite it with the Cabinet Office’s central commercial teams and restyle it as the ‘Government Commercial Agency’.
