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# Made Smarter Consultancy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/made-smarter-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Norfolk County Council: "Made Smarter Consultancy". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,392,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020)
- **Published Value:** £1,392,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2026 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Civil engineering consultancy services, Research and development consultancy services, Structural engineering consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH, UKH15, UKH16, UKH17
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,392,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/made-smarter-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/made-smarter-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnorfolkcc%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/made-smarter-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed#participate

## 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).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71311000, 71312000, 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,392,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **OXFORD INNOVATION SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-153465`
  - Value: £1,392,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 24/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Made Smarter Consultancy (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,392,000
  - Signed Date: 05/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009298-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-02T09:28:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T08:44:06.868Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f2ed