Advisory, implementation and the line buyers draw between them
IT consulting sits between two markets a public buyer keeps separate on purpose. Advisory work -- architecture, strategy, procurement support, assurance of somebody else's delivery -- is bought for independence, and a firm that provides it is frequently barred from bidding for the implementation it shaped. Implementation consulting is bought for delivery capacity and is judged on method and people. Reading which side of that line a notice sits on is the first commercial question, because winning the wrong one can foreclose a larger opportunity.
Engagement is dominated by frameworks with rate cards by role and seniority, called off through further competition or direct award. That makes the published rate card the real bid, and it makes the proposed blend of grades the real price: two suppliers with identical rates can quote very different totals for the same work depending on how much of it they put on senior staff. Buyers increasingly cap the proportion of junior time and require named individuals with the right to reject substitutions.
The terms that decide whether a consulting engagement leaves anything behind are about knowledge and exit. Public buyers now routinely require documented handover, the transfer of models, configurations and scripts produced during the work, restrictions on the consultant's ability to resell the same artefacts back, and a transition obligation at the end of the term. Where the work touches personal or classified data, security clearance for staff, approved working locations and controls on offshore access are conditions of entry rather than negotiable preferences.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys it consulting in Sweden?
GlobalGov holds 686 it consulting records from 317 distinct buying organisations in Sweden. The most frequent publishers are Linköpings Kommun (12 records); Malmö kommun (8 records); Trafikverket Myndighet (8 records); Uppsala kommun (8 records); Linköpings kommun (7 records); Nacka kommun (7 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 7.3% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Linköpings Kommun | 12 | 1.7% |
| Malmö kommun | 8 | 1.2% |
| Trafikverket Myndighet | 8 | 1.2% |
| Uppsala kommun | 8 | 1.2% |
| Linköpings kommun | 7 | 1.0% |
| Nacka kommun | 7 | 1.0% |
What are it consulting contracts worth in Sweden?
481 of the 686 records publish a contract value. The median is $768,000 and the largest single published value is $480.0M. By size, 7 under $100k, 291 between $100k and $1M, 149 between $1M and $10M, 34 above $10M. The remaining 205 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 7 | 1.5% |
| between $100k and $1M | 291 | 60% |
| between $1M and $10M | 149 | 31% |
| above $10M | 34 | 7.1% |
How long do bidders get to respond to it consulting tenders in Sweden?
Across the 139 Sweden it consulting notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 31 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 43. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are it consulting tenders published in Sweden?
Sweden publishes about 11 notices a month in this category, 135 in the last twelve months. That is 24% fewer than the 177 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 490, spread across 59 separate months of activity since 22 January 2021. May is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Sweden compare with other it consulting markets?
Among the 29 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable it consulting market, Sweden ranks 8th by number of records. The largest is Germany (2,535 records against 686 here). Within Sweden itself, it consulting is the 17th largest of the 65 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Sweden it consulting records on this page come from?
These 686 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (686). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent IT Consulting tenders in Sweden
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical it consulting notice in Sweden is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Ekonomisystem
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – IT-stöd för ekonomi och e-handel
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Upphandling av IT-konsulter
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Säkerhetsövervakning MDR
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – IT arbetsplatsen produkt och tjänsteförsörjning
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Upphandling av datanav för idrotts- och friluftsanläggningar
Sweden – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Nätverksbaserat informationssystem för säkerhetsskyddsklassificerad information
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