MODNET EVOLVE

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Record date: 31 March 2026

Whole-life cost: £309.2m
Published schedule: 29/02/2016 – 31/07/2026
NISTA delivery confidence: GREEN
Senior responsible owner: Dr Marc Baldwin

What the project is for

MODNET Evolve provides the essential base IT infrastructure needed by the MOD at OFFICIAL and SECRET on exit from the 20 year legacy contract with the ATLAS consortium. It achieves independence from major monolithic IT contracts by disaggregating them into components, and driving better value for money by exploiting the increasing commoditisation of modern IT services. Additionally, the associated ‘in-housing’ of key IT management capabilities enables MOD to control its IT design, providing the basis for a single enterprise architecture that will meet the MOD's evolving business needs.

Departmental delivery commentary

Compared to financial year 24/25 Q4, the NISTA/SRO Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating at 25/26 Q4 increased to Green. This is primarily due to the following factors. 1. The completion of the migration of all 180,000 OFFICIAL Tier users worldwide to the new MODNET OFFICIAL service, the completion of the migration of the 20,000 SECRET Tier users worldwide to the new MODNET SECRET service, and the planned closure of the programme by July 2026.

Schedule

Compared to financial year 24/25-Q4 the programme's end date at 25/26-Q4 remained the same at 31/07/2026.

Cost

Compared to financial year 24/25-Q4, the projects departmental-agreed forecast Whole Life Cost at 25/26-Q4 (measured in £m) decreased from £370.68M to £262.10M. This is primarily due to the following factors. 1. Three projects have been transferred from the core MODNET Evolve change programme to the respective System Owners who are responsible for runing and introducng routine updates to the platforms.

Benefits

Compared to financial year 24/25-Q4, the project's departmental-agree monetised benefits at 25/26-Q4 remained at 0m