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title: "Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority - Digital Targeted Operating Model, Discovery and Strategic Support"
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# Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority - Digital Targeted Operating Model, Discovery and Strategic Support

Buyer: Cheshire West and Chester Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e7f5

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079158-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 22 Jul 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Locality | ELLESMERE PORT |
| Postcode area | Chester |
| Postcode | CH65 0BA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Central & Grange |
| Westminster constituency | Ellesmere Port and Bromborough |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AG INNOTECH LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79416200 - Public relations consultancy services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 16:11 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079158-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079158-2026
  19th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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