# Contract for Durham SME Digital Engagement Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Durham County Council](/buyers/durham-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Business and Enterprise Commercial Limited, trading as BE Group
- Award value: £1,446,000
- Tender value: £1,446,000
- Award date: 29 September 2017
- Published: 2 November 2017
- Contract start: 1 October 2017
- Contract end: 30 September 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 97eb2414-be1a-4b67-8a66-86399e1c5931-179659
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7c77a489-4a30-460f-8a5a-392472a12cb4

## Description

A suitable delivery organisation is required to design and deliver a programme to engage SME's in County Durham in using digital technology to enable them to improve their business performance and improve their competitiveness\. The project is a three year programme of support to SMEs to improve their competitiveness through take-up of digital technology\. The aims of the project will be to: • engage and energise businesses to consider how they can improve their business by adopting digital technologies • remove the practical and financial barriers to businesses in doing so • embed a culture where the desire and ability to exploit digital technologies becomes a core business skill\. It is to be noted: The Council is currently in the process of submitting an ERDF \(European Regional Development Funds\) application for the funding to enable delivery of this Project\. Further information of the Project and Project deliverables is provided in the Tender Pack via www\.nepo\.org

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97eb2414-be1a-4b67-8a66-86399e1c5931-179659)