Ends Mar 2027
Made Smarter Programme (Great South West Geography)
Cornwall Council · South West · 10-month contract
Held by NCC Operations Limited
Digital business support tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
267 digital business support tenders and contracts, 45 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
- Awarded a month£100k
- Contracts a month1.2
- Won by SMEs70%
- Renewing in 6 months1
- Frameworks and DPSs7
Digital business support contracts
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29 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest digital business support contracts awarded
- Awarded4 Sep 2026Digital growth workshop programmeEast Sussex County Council · South EastWon by Portobello Business Centre£46k
- Awarded20 Aug 2026Ignite AI QuicklineBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Fossu Limited£42k
- Awarded30 Jun 2026Made Smarter East Midlands Leading Digital TransformationLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by Loughborough University£108k
- Awarded12 Jun 2026Made Smarter East Midlands - Intensive IDTA Support - Datalink ElectronicsLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by HSSMI Consulting Ltd£6k
- Awarded12 Jun 2026Made Smarter East Midlands - Intensive IDTA Support - Bella Di CasaLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by HSSMI Consulting Ltd£5k
- Awarded29 May 2026AI Enable ProgrammeSouth East Wales Corporate Joint Committee · WalesWon by Tramshed Tech£100k
- Awarded28 May 2026Provision of Digital Skills TrainingBirmingham City Council · West MidlandsWon by School of Coding and 1 more£23k
- Awarded11 May 2026Made Smarter South West Adoption ProgrammeWest of England Combined Authority · South WestWon by NCC£2.9m
- Awarded27 Apr 2026EMMS - Digital Technology SpecialistsLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by Oxford Innovation and 1 more£389k
- Awarded17 Apr 2026Award of Growing Mid Wales: LoRaWAN Stimulation Project – Business Support / Gwobr Tyfu Canolbarth Cymru: Prosiect Ysgogi LoRaWAN – Cymorth BusnesCeredigion County Council · WalesWon by Antur Teifi Ltd£120k
- Awarded24 Mar 2026Made Smarter ConsultancyNorfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Oxford Innovation£1.4m
- Awarded7 Nov 2025Project_4973 - Digital Adoption Trial 2Department for Business and TradeWon by Verian£317k
- Awarded26 Oct 2025Digital Technology Advice 'Days' for manufacturing clients as part of the Made Smarter East of England Programme S533294Norfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Oxford Innovation£50k
- Awarded15 Sep 2025e-ITT for the provision of New Forest Business and Community Digital Skills InitiativeNew Forest District Council · South EastWon by YTKO Limited£33k
- Awarded3 Jul 2025Norfolk County Council Made Smarter Consultancy ProcurementNorfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Oxford Innovation£324k
- Awarded3 Jun 2025BT1802 - Online Presence & Social Media Marketing Business SupportLuton Borough Council · East of EnglandWon by Let's Do Business Group£35k
- Awarded21 May 2025Made Smarter Programme (Great South West Geography)Cornwall Council · South WestWon by NCC Operations Limited£745k
- Awarded2 May 2025SMART Digital & Productivity AcceleratorLlywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government · WalesWon by ITERATE Design and Innovation£278k
- Awarded30 Apr 2025EMMS - DTS - Greater LincolnshireLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by HSSMI Consulting Ltd£85k
- Awarded30 Apr 2025EMMS - DTS - Leicestershire & NorthamptonshireLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by HSSMI Consulting Ltd£85k
- Awarded30 Apr 2025EMMS - DTS - Derbyshire & NottinghamshireLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by HSSMI Consulting Ltd£85k
- Awarded8 Apr 2025Made Smarter ProgramNorfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Oxford Innovation£324k
- Awarded24 Feb 2025GSS24646 - Creative Industries AI training and supportUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · South WestWon by Kampakis and co£135k
- Awarded8 Nov 2024Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH) - Lighthouse ProjectCentre for Process Innovation · ScotlandWon by Atos£47k
Where to bid
Where digital business support tenders are run
In-Tend3 38%
Atamis2 25%
Panacea1 13%
The Chest1 13%- eTenderWales1 13%
Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
Frameworks and DPS
7 frameworks for digital business support work are running. None are open to join now.
HSSMI Consulting Ltd won the most digital business support contracts
NCC won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsCentral governmentEducation
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSSMI Consulting Ltd East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 6 | £351k | 1 | ||
| 2 | Oxford Innovation East of England · See every contract | 5 | £2.3m | 2 | ||
| 3 | Kampakis and co South West · SME · 1 framework place · See every contract | 2 | £270k | 2 | ||
| 4joint | NCC South West · See every contract | 1 | £2.9m | 1 | ||
| 4joint | NCC Operations Limited South West · SME · See every contract | 1 | £745k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Verian | 1 | £317k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | ITERATE Design and Innovation Wales · SME · See every contract | 1 | £278k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Ricardo Energy & Environment SME · See every contract | 1 | £242k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Brook Consult Limited East Midlands · See every contract | 1 | £191k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Antur Teifi Ltd Wales · SME · See every contract | 1 | £120k | 1 |
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Who buys
Councils award 72% of digital business support contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
4 buyers bought digital business support more than once in the last 2 years
Each dot is a buyer, by how many digital business support contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many digital business support contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsCentral governmentEducation
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincolnshire County Council | 8 | £848k |
| 2 | Norfolk County Council | 4 | £2.1m |
| 3 | UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) | 2 | £377k |
| 4 | Arts Council England | 2 | £121k |
| 5 | West of England Combined Authority | 1 | £2.9m |
| 6 | Cornwall Council | 1 | £745k |
| 7 | Department for Business and Trade | 1 | £317k |
| 8 | Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government | 1 | £278k |
| 9 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | 1 | £135k |
| 10 | Ceredigion County Council | 1 | £120k |
92 digital business support contracts awarded since 2021
- 222021
- 182022
- 162023
- 112024
- 142025
- 112026 so far
Prices
Half of digital business support contracts are worth less than £95k
CouncilsCentral governmentEducation
The 10 biggest digital business support contracts
- West of England Combined AuthorityNCC · 11 May 2026
- Norfolk County CouncilOxford Innovation · 24 Mar 2026
- Cornwall CouncilNCC Operations Limited · 21 May 2025
- Lincolnshire County CouncilOxford Innovation, Brook Consult Limited · 27 Apr 2026
- Norfolk County CouncilOxford Innovation · 8 Apr 2025
- Norfolk County CouncilOxford Innovation · 3 Jul 2025
- Department for Business and TradeVerian · 7 Nov 2025
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh GovernmentITERATE Design and Innovation · 2 May 2025
- Central government bodyUK-wide or not stated · December 2024
- Central government bodyUK-wide or not stated · February 2025
Renewing contracts
2 digital business support contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months
1 in the next 6 months. Most digital business support work is one-off: 18% of the contracts ending are recurring terms that get re-let. The 2 ending soonest are shown in full.
Ends Jul 2027
Norfolk County Council Made Smarter Consultancy Procurement
Norfolk County Council · East of England · 1-year contract
Held by Oxford Innovation
Where and when
The East Midlands awards the most digital business support contracts. April and May are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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The regions as a table
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 0 | 8 | £848k | £85k | HSSMI Consulting Ltd (6) | Lincolnshire County Council (8) | 0 |
| East of England | 0 | 5 | £2.1m | £324k | Oxford Innovation (4) | Norfolk County Council (4) | 1 |
| South West | 0 | 3 | £3.8m | £745k | – | – | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 3 | £497k | £120k | – | – | 0 |
| South East | 0 | 2 | £79k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 1 | £42k | – | – | – | 0 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 1 | £23k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | £47k | – | – | – | 0 |
| North East | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| North West | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| London | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
Often bought with digital business support
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Key findings
- £100k a month
of digital business support contracts awarded.
Typical contract £104k x 1 contract a month, last 12 months. - 1.2
digital business support contracts are awarded in a typical month.
29 contracts in the last 2 years. - 1
digital business support contract comes up for renewal in the next 6 months.
Recurring contracts with a named supplier and a published end date before 4 May 2027. - 7
frameworks and DPSs are running for digital business support work.
0 open to join now. - 70%
of digital business support contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 27 award notices.
How many digital business support tenders and contracts are there?
| Last 12 months | Since November 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 45 | 267 |
| Contracts awarded | 12 | 74 |
17 digital business support contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 6 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 17 buyers awarded digital business support contracts to 21 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
Questions
How many digital business support contracts does the UK public sector award?
29 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 17 public buyers.
How long are digital business support tenders open for?
The median digital business support tender is open for 28 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector digital business support contract worth?
The median is £95k, and 72% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector digital business support contracts?
HSSMI Consulting Ltd won the most (6). NCC won the most by value (£2.9m).
Which buyers award the most digital business support contracts?
Councils award 72% of them.
Which part of the UK awards the most digital business support contracts?
The East Midlands: 8 of 29 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, then the East of England (5) and the South West (3).
How many digital business support contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months?
2 contracts end and are likely to be re-let, the first on 31 March 2027. Another 9 ending are one-off work.
Are there frameworks or DPSs for digital business support work that are open to join?
7 frameworks and DPSs for digital business support work are running. None are open to join now.
What is included
Publicly funded advice to local SMEs on adopting digital technology and connectivity, such as digital audits and guidance on the benefits of adoption, delivered by the supplier directly to businesses.
- Digital audits and maturity reviews for SMEs
- Connectivity adoption advice for local businesses
- Business engagement within regional growth programmes
What is not included
- Advice to the buying organisation about its own technology (see Digital and IT strategy)
- Network consultancy for the buyer's own estate (see Network and connectivity consultancy)