Corrections....
"DOS will be broken into three lots" should read "DOS will be broken"
The Cabinet Office is to rebrand the next iteration of the Digital Services framework that SME suppliers had heavily criticised for being confusing and an administrative burden to qualify for. The agreement, due to go live on the Digital Marketplace in early 2016, is to be called Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS), though …
What you mean letting an incompetent, inexperienced civil servant do a job that could potentially waste millions isn't the norm?
Don't worry though, if they do screw it up I'm sure those particular staff members at GDS will be banned from using their tax bought macs and Latte Mocha's for a week.
So after the loveyness in the budget for the independent IT contractor, making it only practical if you can direct contract with a supplier, not through an intermediary, they are going to change the framework for bring in this type of resource, so that it massively favours large intermediaries. Thanks for the support of SMEs UK.gov!