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: 28 April 2026
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  1. 28 April 2026

     The "CP&F end to end guide including Exostar" document has been updated.

  2. 23 August 2023

     Removed: MOD e-procurement system outage.

  3. 29 June 2023

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

  4. 28 June 2023

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

  5. 1 December 2022

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

  6. 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).

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 17 December 2020

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

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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'.

  14. 5 August 2020

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

  15. 23 June 2020

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

  16. 17 June 2020

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

  17. 12 June 2020

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

  18. 6 May 2020

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

  19. 16 April 2020

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

  20. 19 March 2020

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

  21. 10 February 2020

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

  22. 24 April 2019

      Information on Release 4 has been updated.

  23. 12 December 2018

      Updated guidance and information on forthcoming releases.

  24. 26 September 2018

      Added a short section on the new contract numbering system.

  25. 18 September 2018

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

  26. 2 July 2018

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

  27. 11 April 2018

      Updated latest news for suppliers in Guidance html.

  28. 9 April 2018

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

  29. 22 November 2017

      Added updated guidance for suppliers.

  30. 12 October 2017

      Added latest update to suppliers in the guidance document.

  31. 11 August 2017

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

  32. 27 February 2017

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

  33. 5 December 2016

      Updated CPF tool and supplier guidance information.

  34. 17 November 2016

      Added launch date update details.

  35. 7 November 2016

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

  36. 1 November 2016

      Release 2 announcement.

  37. 26 October 2016

      Added Guidance for suppliers document.

  38. 7 October 2016

      Go live dates and information updated.

  39. 16 September 2016

      Added information about system 'go live' deferral.

  40. 8 August 2016

      Added updated information.

  41. 19 April 2016

      First published.

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, 921 KB, 23 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.