Small IT and digital contracts for first-time bidders

There are 16 open IT and digital tenders a small firm new to public sector work could realistically go for. The soonest closes on 9 November 2026.

Every contract here passes all six checks, taken from the official notice:

• Anyone can bid: it is not a call-off for firms already on a framework
• Worth £100,000 or less
• The buyer hasn't marked it as unsuitable for small firms
• No staff to take over (no TUPE)
• No named accreditations required
• At least 7 days until the deadline

Open now

• Cultural Host request, Borough of Telford & Wrekin, £20,000, closes 9 November 2026
  Telford and Wrekin Council wants to hire a supplier to build and maintain a secure online portal where event venues and organisations can upload and manage their information. The portal needs to conne
• Smoking Cessation Case Management System (CMS), North East Lincolnshire Borough Council, £90,000, closes 10 November 2026
  North East Lincolnshire Council needs a software system to manage smoking cessation services. The system must track patient progress, record interventions, monitor outcomes, and help the council make
• Hazard Management Tool, UK Atomic Energy Authority, £50,000, closes 10 November 2026
  The UK Atomic Energy Authority wants a digital tool to record and track safety hazards, the controls that reduce them, the evidence behind those controls, and the remaining risk. This is the first (al
• Theatre Event Management Software, Surrey Heath Borough Council, £38,000, closes 11 November 2026
  Surrey Heath Borough Council is buying software to help run events at Camberley Theatre. This is a single software package and support contract worth around £38,000. They need a system to manage booki
• Adobe Licenses for the London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Brent, £25,000 – £55,000, closes 13 November 2026
  The London Borough of Lewisham needs to renew their Adobe software licenses, including individual products like Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as Creative Cloud subscriptions. The contract is wort
• Fleet Management System, North East Derbyshire District Council, £30,000, closes 13 November 2026
  North East Derbyshire District Council is looking for a software system to manage their fleet of council vehicles (rubbish trucks, vans, lorries, etc.) and workshop operations. The system needs to tra
• Sector research for councils to learn from collaborative ICT delivery in local government, Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA), £29,999, closes 16 November 2026
  A government research organisation wants someone to conduct sector research on how local councils work together to deliver IT services. They want to understand what makes these collaborative arrangeme
• Social Value and Sustainability Measurement and Management Portal, The Riverside Group Limited, £30,000, closes 16 November 2026
  Riverside Group Limited, a housing organisation, wants a cloud-based software system to record, track and report on the social value and environmental commitments made in its procurement and contracts
• Market Intelligence and Document Search Platform, THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED, £100,000, closes 18 November 2026
  The Financial Reporting Council (the UK body that regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries) wants to subscribe to an existing online research platform. The platform gathers and indexes news, repo
• World Model for SCAT, Velindre University NHS Trust - : Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options., £50,000, closes 19 November 2026
  Velindre University NHS Trust in Wales wants a specialist supplier to build a computer-based planning model for systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT, the medicine-based treatment such as chemotherapy).
• Cotham School - Invitation to Tender School Management Information System (MIS), COTHAM SCHOOL, £75,000, closes 20 November 2026
  Cotham School wants to buy a school management system, a software package that runs on the internet (often called Software as a Service, or SaaS). It will handle the school's day-to-day admin, records
• T26-121CRO Committee Management Software, Derry City and Strabane District Council, £45,000, closes 20 November 2026
  Derry City and Strabane District Council wants to buy a software system to prepare council and committee meeting packs and minutes. The software must run on the Council's own servers and include a pub
• WIRELESS CONFERENCE AND HYBRID MEETING SYSTEM, Ryde Town Council, £15,000, closes 20 November 2026
  Ryde Town Council wants to buy and install a wireless conference system for their Council Chamber that allows up to 18 people to participate in meetings, with live streaming to YouTube and the ability
• Penetration Testing, Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, £80,000, closes 24 November 2026
  The Welsh Parliament (Senedd) wants to hire an outside security firm to attack its own computer systems in a controlled way, finding weaknesses before criminals can exploit them. The firm would plan a
• AI AVATAR (Suffolk Economy), Suffolk County Council, £50,000, closes 26 November 2026
  Suffolk County Council wants to buy an AI-powered interactive avatar, a digital character that acts as a 'digital ambassador' for the Suffolk area. The Suffolk Economy team will use it at flagship eve
• Research into Doctors Registered without a Licence to Practise , General Medical Council (GMC), £58,333, closes 1 December 2026
  The General Medical Council (GMC), the body that regulates doctors in the UK, wants a research study into doctors who are registered with it but do not hold a licence to practise. The findings will gi

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