IoT Contracts and Tenders

IoT tenders cover work built around networked sensors or connected hardware rather than conventional IT, such as smart sensor pilots for flood and asset monitoring, damp and mould sensors in social housing, LoRaWAN networks and devices, and smart places or connected-environment deployments.

Stotles brings together IoT tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Much IoT work is called off from the Crown Commercial Service Network Services framework or the Scottish Government's Internet of Things dynamic purchasing system, so some opportunities reach only suppliers already on them.

IoT tenders are scored on the technical solution, data security, device and network reliability, integration with existing systems and whole-life cost. Many councils start with a pilot, so delivering a successful pilot is often the route to a larger rollout.

Connected devices must meet UK product security rules for consumer connectable products where they apply, and solutions handling personal data must comply with UK data protection law. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

The Crown Commercial Service's Network Services framework is a route for IoT work through its Internet of Things and smart cities lot, with councils calling off from it for LoRaWAN networks and for connected camera and surveillance schemes.

The Scottish Government's Internet of Things dynamic purchasing system is a collaborative route for sensors and gateways, and universities have run mini-competitions through it to buy LoRaWAN devices.

Councils buy smart sensor and connected-places pilots, often funded through central government innovation programmes, for flood monitoring, street lighting and asset tracking. NHS bodies buy connected healthcare environments and remote monitoring. Central government departments procure IoT capability as a lot inside broader telecoms and network frameworks, and further education colleges buy industrial IoT kit for engineering courses.

Read smart places and digital strategies, innovation funding bids, housing damp and mould programmes and market consultation notices, which show IoT work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.