Official UK procurement notice
The Appointment of a Digital Strategic Partner
Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Midlands Combined Authority Digital and Data Directorate require a Digital Strategic Partner to support and provide resource to the Authority in terms of delivering its digital transformation programme.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Preliminary Check Stage 2.1 – Procurement Specific Questionnaire Assessment and Financial Assessment Checks Stage 2.2 - Conditions of Participation Assessment Stage 3 - Technical Quality Assessment Stage 4 – Presentation Assessment Stage 5 – Quality Consensus Post Presentation. Stage 6 - Commercial (Price) Assessment Stage 7 - Total Score & Ranking Stage 8 - Notification & Due Diligence
CPV: Digital mapping services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
All Suppliers are required to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and return this in accordance with the Procurement Timetable and instructions within the ITT Pack accessible via BRAVO.
Areas covered under the mandatory Conditions of Participation include:
- Preliminary questions
- Confirmation of core supplier information
- Additional Exclusion Information
- Sub Contractor Confirmation
- Insurance Requirements
- Evaluation of Financial Standing
- Legal Capacity - Acceptance of Core Terms and Conditions
- Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Real Living Wage
- Technical & professional ability
Areas covered under the Conditions of Participation include:
1)Technical and Professional Ability - Digital Transformation Strategy and Insight
- Technical and Professional Ability -Product/Service Discovery and Delivery
- Technical and Professional Ability -Governance Frameworks for Empowered Product/Service Teams
- Technical and Professional Ability - Flexible resourcing and blended teams.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 65%
- Commercial Weighting: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality weighting for this tender is 65%
- Commercial Weighting: Commercial Weighting for this tender is 35%.
- Economic & financial standing
All Suppliers are required to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and return this in accordance with the Procurement Timetable and instructions within the ITT Pack accessible via BRAVO.
Areas covered under the mandatory Conditions of Participation include:
- Preliminary questions
- Confirmation of core supplier information
- Additional Exclusion Information
- Sub Contractor Confirmation
- Insurance Requirements
- Evaluation of Financial Standing
- Legal Capacity - Acceptance of Core Terms and Conditions
- Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Real Living Wage
- Technical & professional ability
Areas covered under the Conditions of Participation include:
1)Technical and Professional Ability - Digital Transformation Strategy and Insight
- Technical and Professional Ability -Product/Service Discovery and Delivery
- Technical and Professional Ability -Governance Frameworks for Empowered Product/Service Teams
- Technical and Professional Ability - Flexible resourcing and blended teams.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Aug 2025, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 6 May 2026, 09:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
PRT-DIGDAT-ESG-2025-002- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070259- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589f7Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please refer to Appendix A - Specification.
- How it runs
Stage 1 - Preliminary Check
Stage 2.1 – Procurement Specific Questionnaire Assessment and Financial Assessment Checks
Stage 2.2 - Conditions of Participation Assessment
Stage 3 - Technical Quality Assessment
Stage 4 – Presentation Assessment
Stage 5 – Quality Consensus Post Presentation.
Stage 6 - Commercial (Price) Assessment
Stage 7 - Total Score & Ranking
Stage 8 - Notification & Due Diligence
- Risks
None known.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
In order to access the tender documents and submit your bid, please do so through BravoSolutions (The WMCA's e-tendering portal) which can be located via this link - wmca.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. The project reference is :
project_1141 - Digital Strategic Transformation Partner, ITT_1836
Timeline
18 Aug 2025 → 6 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published18 Aug 2025, 15:38 BST
- Market engagement2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
WMCA intend to circulate a questionnaire through Bravo (WMCA e-tendering portal), allowing you to provide more information about your interest and comment on the proposed approach.
Portal Website: wmca.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Pre Market Engagement Title: Market Engagement Digital Strategic Transformation Partner
Bravo Solution Project Reference: PQQ_259
- Next notice expected383 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published353 days ago31 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMT
- Clarification questions by340 days ago14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline326 days ago28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by214 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent214 days ago20 Mar 2026
- Contract starts203 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends202 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published167 days ago6 May 2026, 09:02 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Aug 2025, 15:38 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published31 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £4,000,00031 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMTwas £1,666,667
- Status changed to active31 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMT
- Procurement method changed31 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMT
- Deadline published: 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT31 Oct 2025, 17:06 GMT
- Tender notice published31 Oct 2025, 17:09 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Mar 2026, 17:49 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2026, 17:49 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 May 2026, 09:02 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 31 Oct 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 18 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methods Business & Digital Technology LtdSMEDigital Strategic Partner1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 month options to extend. | £4,000,000 | 20 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Methods Business & Digital Technology LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 May 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 months option to extend.
No agreed KPIs: Standard KPI's have been set as part of the contract, but in line with PA23 guidance they are not required to be reported on as the contract is less than £5m.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 38 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Methods business and digital technology limitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender