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ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider - AWARD

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING

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17 May 2024 at 16:20

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Summary of the contracting process

The University of Northampton e-Tendering has awarded a contract for the provision of a WordPress web hosting service. The tender was in the form of an open procedure, with the tender period ending on January 19, 2024. The contract will run from May 22, 2024, to May 21, 2026. The University is looking for a partner with at least six years of experience and a minimum of 1,000 customers to host their public website, blogs, and other related sites. The successful tenderer will need to provide hosting for at least 30 sites, with a focus on reliability and high traffic handling capabilities. The University seeks a strategic partner to deliver support services and manage the platform for the duration of the two-year contract.

This tender by the University of Northampton e-Tendering presents an opportunity for businesses in the web hosting industry, especially those with expertise in managing high-traffic WordPress sites. Companies with a proven track record of hosting large-scale websites and providing round-the-clock monitoring services would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The focus on long-term partnership and added value services opens the door for businesses looking to establish ongoing relationships and offer comprehensive web hosting solutions to educational institutions and large organizations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider - AWARD

Notice Description

The University of Northampton existing managed hosting contract is due to expire and so are seeking a managed WordPress hosting service from Spring 2024. The University is looking for a partner to host our public website as well as blogs sites and other sites related to the university. The host will have a minimum of six years experience, with at least 1,000 plus customers. There is a requirement for the ability to install multiple WordPress sites with the facility to allow a multisite system on a WordPress site where needed. The University of Northampton existing managed hosting contract is due to expire and so are seeking a managed WordPress hosting service from Spring 2024. This service needs to be hosted in preferably in the UK. The hosting service will be required to host several WordPress sites, including a Restaurant site, Hotel Site, a Blog site with multi-sites enabled, Virtual Tour and the main University public website which runs multi sub-sites for areas of the university which require a public facing website. The main University public website had over 3 million visitors in the last year and so the successful tenderer will need to be able to handle peaks of high activity/traffic. Also, the successful tenderer will need to provide 24 hours per day monitoring of the public website ensuring issues can be detected and resolved quickly. Over the period of the contract the University's AV, Digital and collaborative tools Team will also be moving websites, microsites and blogs which are used elsewhere within the university to the hosting solution. This will include having multi-site enabled for some sites so that microsites and blogs can sit under their respective sites. An example of this is Awards and Module catalogue ( https://www.northampton.ac.uk/awards/ ) currently sitting under the public website ( https://www.northampton.ac.uk/ ) installation. The total hosting of at least 30 sites (A mixture of Live and Development/Staging sites) will be needed with expansion as more sites are brought into the hosting environment. Our bandwidth usage is around 1.2TB a month with 959GB of this being taken up by our main public website and can go higher in our super busy periods such as Clearing and Welcome Week. The total storage for all our websites is approximately 250GB at the present time but this is growing by approximately 2Gb a month. However, we are unable to calculate two sites growth patterns as they have only recently come online. The ideal supplier will become a strategic partner for the duration of the contract which will be two years. The supplier will need to add value by providing the University with support services, such as consulting and possible assistance with assurance of code along with the core provision of the managed platform and hosting. This should include all software version and security updates as applicable during the term of the contract. There is a requiremen...

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7da2b76d-7d6e-4f93-95d2-351fc8807087
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 May 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jan 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 May 20241 years ago
Contract Period
21 May 2024 - 21 May 2026 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING
Contact Name
Helen Fox
Contact Email
helen.fox@northampton.ac.uk
Contact Phone
07753420288

Buyer Location

Locality
NORTHAMPTON
Postcode
NN1 5PH
Post Town
Northampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF24 West Northamptonshire
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Electoral Ward
Delapre and Rushmere
Westminster Constituency
Northampton South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WPENGINE

Further Information

Notice Documents

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