# Digital Training and Support

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Details of the 54 successfully awarded suppliers located in the
- Award value: £35,000,000
- Tender value: £35,000,000
- Award date: 4 April 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 24 April 2016
- Contract end: 23 April 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c887d39a-626d-43a4-982a-e39bf5de6048-95049
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-98d7382f-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Currently, 10\.5 million people in the UK lack basic digital skills and many either can't or don't use digital government services independently\. The Government Digital Service \(GDS\) with the support of The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills \(BIS\) sought suppliers capable of providing digital training and digital support services to reduce the number of digitally excluded people in the UK, by removing the barriers presented by lack of access, digital skills, vulnerability or motivation\. This procurement exercise was conducted in accordance with the open procedure in order to establish a Framework Agreement\. This framework is divided into two subdivided sections: A - Assisted Digital B - Digital Inclusion There are 5 lots: - Lot 1 - Support to use government digital services Lot 2 - Digital Inclusion Research And Analysis Lot 3 - Design Of A Digital Inclusion Course, Product Or Intervention Lot 4 - Delivery Of Digital Inclusion/Basic Digital Skills Training Lot 5 - Digital Inclusion Marketing And Promotion

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c887d39a-626d-43a4-982a-e39bf5de6048-95049)