--- title: "QU493 - Smart city maturity assessment and Roadmap development" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-06-22" --- # QU493 - Smart city maturity assessment and Roadmap development Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a7518acc-cf0f-4a26-9f01-17935ef20951.json) ## Summary The Birmingham City Council is seeking tenders for the project titled "QU493 - Smart city maturity assessment and Roadmap development". This initiative falls under the Digital Mapping Services category and aims to assess the city's digital transformation capabilities, establishing Birmingham as a leading digital city. The procurement process is currently in the Tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 5th July 2021. The contract is expected to commence on 27th July 2021 and will span a period of three months, concluding on 27th October 2021. Interested suppliers must register with the Birmingham City Council's e-tendering system to participate. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in digital technologies, information systems, and urban development solutions. Companies with expertise in stakeholder engagement, digital assessments, and strategic planning are particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. The focus on building a robust roadmap for digital infrastructure opens avenues for innovation and investment in Birmingham, making it an attractive prospect for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to expand their footprint in the digital services sector. ## Notice The Council recognises the importance of digital technologies in developing its economic recovery plans and enabling digital transformation of council services. It believes that it could have a multifaceted role in influencing and shaping City developments, projects and programmes that will enable the City to be established as a leading digital city on the global stage. Therefore it is developing a Digital City workstream as part of its Digital Birmingham brand as an opportunity to address city-wide challenges, and also to create the future proof infrastructure and necessary conditions and ecosystems to enable the City to achieve its strategic outcomes. It aims to collaborate and consult with city partners and stakeholders to establish an evidence-based understanding of its current digital and smart city levels of maturity benchmarked against the world's leading cities and then use this as a basis for developing a robust Roadmap of deliverable and prioritised projects and programmes that would enable it to achieve the following outcomes; (i) Birmingham is a recognised leading digital city under the Digital Birmingham brand (ii) Birmingham is a preferred place of choice for digital innovation, (iii) Increased levels of digital investment are attracted to the city, (iv) Council services are utilising new technologies and innovative solutions, The successful supplier(s) will be expected to use their knowledge and expertise to deliver the following outputs; (i) Output 1 - Stakeholder Engagement (ii) Output 2 - Smart city maturity assessment benchmarked against the leading digital cities across the world (iii) Output 3 - A phased Roadmap setting out the projects and programmes deliverable over the short term and an outline of long term projects and programmes required over the long term (iv) Output 4 - A recommended digital city governance structure aligned to existing City Governance (v) Ways of Working and delivery of Outputs It is intended that the contract will be for a period of 3 months commencing no later than 21/07/2021 until 21/10/2021. The contract is a fixed term contract with defined outcomes to deliver. The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000. Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on ... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1dc38683-09ef-4e92-8c94-063571b873aa | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Jun 2021 | | Submission deadline | 5 Jul 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 27 Jul 2021 - 27 Oct 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | WEST MIDLANDS | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 7WB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48326100 - Digital mapping system - 48810000 - Information systems - 71354100 - Digital mapping services - 72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services - 72222100 - Information systems or technology strategic review services - 72222200 - Information systems or technology planning services ## Release History - 22 Jun 2021 at 16:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1dc38683-09ef-4e92-8c94-063571b873aa ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1dc38683-09ef-4e92-8c94-063571b873aa 22nd June 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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