Project_4973 - Digital Adoption Trial 2

Department for Business and Trade
Selective procedure
7 November 2025 to 7 May 2027

Delivery of a second recruitment and advice trial project to test solutions for SME digital adoption barriers. The project involves assessing advisory approaches and recruitment strategies at the Mayoral Combined Authority level, building on lessons from previous programmes to address local SME needs.

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Awarded value: £317k; As published
Published: 6 January 2026
Awarded: 7 November 2025; Verian
Contract length: 18 months; Ends 7 May 2027

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of research, evaluation, and consultancy services to assess the effectiveness of SME digital adoption advisory and recruitment strategies.

Deliver a second recruitment trial and advice trial for increasing SME digital adoption.
Assess the effectiveness of different advisory approaches and recruitment strategies.
Deliver advice as part of the advice trial and recruitment methods as part of the recruitment trial.

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Service contract
Procedure: Selective procedure
Initial term: 18 months
Contract dates: 7 November 2025 to 7 May 2027
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 73200000

Services in this contract

Digital adoption support for businessesMain service£95k typicalDelivery partner running advice and recruitment trials to raise SME digital adoption

Lifecycle

Published
6 January 2026
Contract awardedto Verian
7 November 2025
Contract starts
7 November 2025
Contract ends
7 May 2027

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/275994/project-4973-digital-adoption-trial-2
Buyer reference: tender_503615/1529821
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-ddd9783d-b9a6-4ab4-ad38-b0455a87a555
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Department for Business and Trade. Project_4973 - Digital Adoption Trial 2. Contract award, 6 January 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/275994/project-4973-digital-adoption-trial-2 (accessed 5 November 2026).