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Made Smarter East Midlands - Short Training Technical Course - Application of AI

Economic Development

Awarded
SME-friendly
VCSE-friendly

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
East Midlands
Contract value
£18,600ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
28 September 2026

Procurement

Contract period
15 June 2026 - 31 March 2027
CPV classifications
  • 80531000 Industrial and technical training services
  • 80531100 Industrial training services
  • 80531200 Technical training services

What happened

Economic Development awarded this contract to Boston College on 29 Sept 2026. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2027.

Description

The overall objective of the training course is to enable SME Manufacturers (to be known as “the Beneficiaries”) to implement improvements and drive the effective digital transformation of their business. The Beneficiaries will SME manufacturers located in Greater Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Experience of delivering the Made Smarter Adoption Programme has shown that many SME manufacturers need foundational support to ensure that any digital implementation is as effective as possible. The Technical Training Course element of Made Smarter Adoption East Midlands Programme is designed provide pragmatic action oriented training such that the SMEs can “self-help” as much as possible, only engaging with external consultancy when really needed.

The Supplier shall deliver the training course virtually using Microsoft Teams.

The course is to be split into a minimum of three modules. The total delivery duration on Microsoft Teams is to be a minimum of 6 hours across the three modules.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Boston College
Award date
29 September 2026

Contact

Address
LN1 1YL

Identifiers

Buyer reference
EMMSAI2627-1525

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