Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 10 Dec 2025, 15:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Made Smarter Consultancy · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableAccelerated

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: East of England (UKH)

Published estimate£1,392,000≈ £1.4m / year · £1,392,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update

Submissions closed 27 Feb 2026awarded 24 Mar 2026

Awarded to Oxford Innovation Services Limited

Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement 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).

CPV: Civil engineering consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services · Structural engineering consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrSMEPublished value£1,392,000

Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensionsValue: £1,392,000 exc. VAT · £1,392,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible

Extensions: 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

71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services 71312000 Structural engineering consultancy services 73200000 Research and development consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 80%Price: 20%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality
Price

What this means for your bid

Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Dec 2025, 15:01 GMT
Last source update: 2 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 11 Mar 2026
Authority reference: NCCT43335
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-009298
Accelerated: Qualifying planned procurement notice
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Civil engineering consultancy servicesResearch and development consultancy servicesStructural engineering consultancy services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Risks: Please note that both Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council have approved a devolution deal which is expected to lead to the establishment of a Mayoral Combined County Authority with strategic powers, headed by an elected mayor. Subject to the government laying a Statutory Instrument and to its approval by Parliament to formally establish the new combined authority, the first Mayoral election is expected to be in 2028

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Submission deadline: 27 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
Clarification deadline: 20 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via In-Tend in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

10 Dec 2025 → 2 Jun 2026 · 10 dates

Planning notice published320 days ago
10 Dec 2025, 15:01 GMT
Next notice expected314 days ago
15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Tender notice published265 days ago
3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
Clarification questions by248 days ago
20 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
Submission deadline241 days ago
27 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
Award decision expected by228 days ago
11 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Assessment summaries sent216 days ago
24 Mar 2026
Contract starts208 days ago
1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends198 days ago
10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Latest notice published146 days ago
2 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025

Planned procurement notice published
10 Dec 2025, 15:01 GMT
UK3
Tender notice published
3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
UK4
Published value updated
3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
Status changed to active
3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
Deadline moved to 27 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
+45 days · was 13 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
Contract award notice published
30 Mar 2026, 12:59 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
30 Mar 2026, 12:59 BST
Contract signature expected
13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
2 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
UK7

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-12: 1 release · 10 Dec 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,392,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Bids received 31 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 6 May 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Oxford Innovation Services Limited13 Apr 2026 – 14 Apr 2027 · up to 14 Apr 2029Extensions: 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	£1,392,000 inc. VAT	24 Mar 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Made Smarter Consultancy · Oxford Innovation Services Limited
Signed
6 May 2026
Value
£1,392,000 inc. VAT
Period
6 May 2026 – 14 Apr 2027 · up to 14 Apr 2029 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
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
No agreed KPIs: The contract value is not more than £5 million.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYH-3246-XWTR County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 2DHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

OXFORD INNOVATION SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07860991GB-PPON: PDGR-3349-RPQP Oxford Centre for Innovation, Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, South East, OX1 4EHContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender2 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender30 Mar 2026, 12:59 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender3 Feb 2026, 09:50 GMT
Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender10 Dec 2025, 15:01 GMT