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Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority - Digital Targeted Operating Model, Discovery and Strategic Support

Cheshire West and Chester Council

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19 Aug 2026 at 16:11

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cheshire West and Chester Council procured specialist consultancy for the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority’s Digital Target Operating Model (Digital TOM). The work supports the authority’s transition to a Mayoral Combined Authority and examines how digital, data and artificial intelligence can enable the future organisation. The scope is an initial discovery and requirements-gathering exercise: understanding organisational requirements, identifying opportunities for digital and AI-enabled ways of working, and recommending the scope and priorities for later Digital TOM development. The commission is intended to provide specialist advice, challenge, evidence, design principles and recommendations. It does not cover a fully developed operating model, detailed technology architecture or an implementation plan. The service category is public relations consultancy services.

This procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Cheshire West and Chester Council used a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition. One completed lot was awarded to AG INNOTECH LIMITED. The award is for services delivered in the Cheshire and Warrington area. The contract was signed and began on 22 July 2026, with an end date of 30 September 2026. Its value is £30,000 excluding VAT, or £36,000 including VAT. The selected supplier is AG INNOTECH LIMITED, a London-based small or medium-sized enterprise. The requirement was evaluated through the council’s direct-award route rather than a competitive tender, and the published outcome identifies AG INNOTECH LIMITED as the awarded supplier.

This procurement indicates demand for specialist advisory support at the early design stage of a public-sector organisational transformation. Suppliers seeking comparable work would need credible expertise in digital operating models, data and artificial intelligence, particularly the ability to run discovery and requirements-gathering exercises across an organisation. Relevant capability includes understanding operational needs, challenging existing assumptions, identifying practical digital and AI-enabled ways of working, and turning findings into evidence-based priorities and design principles. Experience advising organisations undergoing structural change, such as movement towards a Mayoral Combined Authority, would be directly relevant. The successful supplier was an SME, showing that this type of focused, specialist consultancy can be delivered by a smaller expert business rather than only by a large systems integrator.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority - Digital Targeted Operating Model, Discovery and Strategic Support

Notice Description

CWCA is developing its future Target Operating Model (TOM) as it transitions to a Mayoral Combined Authority. Digital, data and artificial intelligence will be critical enablers of the future organisation. CWCA wishes to undertake an initial discovery and requirements-gathering exercise to inform the future development of a Digital Target Operating Model (Digital TOM). The commission will focus on understanding organisational requirements, identifying opportunities for digital and AI-enabled ways of working, and recommending the scope and priorities for future phases of Digital TOM development. The commission is intended to provide specialist advice, challenge and expertise during the early stages of TOM development. It is not intended to produce a fully developed Digital TOM, detailed technology architecture or implementation plan. Rather, it will provide the evidence base, design principles and recommendations required to inform subsequent phases of work.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e7f5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079158-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79416200 - Public relations consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£30,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
22 Jul 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode
CH65 0BA
Postcode Area
Chester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward
Central & Grange
Westminster Constituency
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AG INNOTECH LIMITED

Further Information

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