Complete our Public Sector Tech SME Survey 2025

Help us to improve SME access to the public sector tech market. 



techUK has long recognised small businesses’ potential to transform public service delivery through their innovative nature and wide set of capabilities. However, there are a number of challenges faced by SMEs operating in or aspiring to operate in the public sector tech market.

The Procurement Act 2023 officially went live on February 24, 2025. This Act marks a significant shift in UK public procurement, aiming to simplify processes, improve transparency, and ensure value for money. The Act's core objectives include benefiting suppliers of all sizes, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), start-ups, and promoting sustainability in public procurement.

Why complete the survey?

This survey aims to gather the experiences of technology SMEs operating in the public sector, and to understand the SME experience since the introduction of the Procurement Act 2023.

The Act's core objectives include benefiting suppliers of all sizes, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), and start-ups.

We will use the results of the survey to develop recommendations to government, and share the results directly with the SME Crown Rep to ensure enough is being done to level the playing field for SMEs, improve SME access to the public sector tech market, and ensure the aims and benefits to SMEs set out in the Procurement Act 2023 can be achieved.

Your responses to this survey will help optimise the public sector tech market for SMEs.