Notice Information
Notice Title
Made Smarter Consultancy
Notice Description
Norfolk County Council (NCC) - Strategy, Growth & Investment Team have appointed a Contractor to help support them in the delivery of the Made Smarter East of England Digital Roadmapping and Intensive Support/ Industrial Digital Technology Advice (IDTA) programme over the 12-month period. The successful Contractor will play a pivotal role in working with pre-identified regional Manufacturing & Engineering SMEs from across the East of England to provide a digital roadmap and action plan identifying an organisations growth strategy, manufacturing barriers and bottlenecks and assess an organisations Digital Readiness Level Assessment (in line with PAS 1040 Scale).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract may be extended by up to 24 months (12 months + 12 months) at the Councils discretion. The value may fluctuate depending on money received from Central Government
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029067-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,392,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,392,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,392,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 24 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Apr 2026 - 14 Apr 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH East (England), TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029067-2026
30th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009298-2026
3rd February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081585-2025
10th December 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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