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A new start for facilities management on overseas sites 

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Aerial view of Gibraltar, surrounded by sea on three sides. The Rock forms the backdrop with buildings in the foreground to the end of the headland.

Today marks the start of the first of a new suite of contracts to provide key services for the UK Armed Forces on overseas Ministry of Defence (MOD) bases.   We awarded the £155 million contract, which provides maintenance work, repairs, …

Showcasing our Procurement Pipeline at the 2022 Defence, Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportability conference

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A photo of Lee Taylor presenting his speech at the 2022 DPRTE event, to an audience of numerous seated men and women.

DIO relies on its suppliers to deliver 95% of our infrastructure services and with an annual spend of around £3bn across design, build, facilities management and specialist technical services, our suppliers have the opportunity to add true value to our …

Year in Review: looking back at 2021

A Chinook hovers over a barge holding large bags of aggregate.

To nobody’s surprise, 2021 has presented just as many challenges as 2020. Fortunately, DIO’s teams have been up to the task and have continued to work hard for our Armed Forces customers. Here are some of the highlights of the …

Transforming building maintenance and repair services for our Armed Forces customers

A running tap.

One of DIO’s main responsibilities is management of the Defence estate and a substantial part of this responsibility involves ensuring that our buildings, accommodation and training estate are working as well as they can be. We work together with our …

From commercial strategies to kiwis, looking back at 2018

An F-35 landing vertically onto a new landing pad at RAF Marham. The aircraft is a few feet above the ground.

What has DIO been up to in 2018? Heres our summary of some of the key moments of the year, from the RAF and Royal Navy's new F-35 aircraft landing on our new vertical landing pads for the first time to launching our Commercial Strategy.