Tender

Design and Build of the Cardiff Metropolitan University Website

HEAD OF PROCUREMENT

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Tender

24 May 2022 at 11:21

Summary of the contracting process

The Cardiff Metropolitan University is currently seeking bids for the design and build of its new website, with an estimated budget of £365,000 (including VAT). This procurement falls under the services category, specifically specialising in content management software development services (CPV code 72212783). The procurement process is at the pre-qualification stage, with submissions due by 12 noon on 24th June 2022. Successful bidders will potentially receive invitations to tender the following week, commencing on 4th July 2022. The project aims for the new website to be launched by summer 2023, and bidders will be expected to demonstrate their ability to provide not just design and build services but also ongoing hosting and maintenance.

This tender presents a substantial opportunity for web design and development agencies, particularly those experienced with open-source content management systems (CMS). Companies specialising in digital services, content strategy, and user experience design would also be well positioned to compete for this contract. Additionally, suppliers should be prepared to illustrate how their proposals can deliver community benefits, aligning with the University’s economic and social objectives, which could enhance their profile and market presence within the educational sector.

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Notice Title

Design and Build of the Cardiff Metropolitan University Website

Notice Description

The University wishes to appoint an organisation to design, build, host and maintain the University's new web site. We are flexible in our approach and welcome bids from suppliers that are either web designers and would build the site from an open-source CMS and provide design and hosting, or CMS suppliers that would provide the whole solution from the CMS and the design, build to hosting. We aim to launch the new website in summer 2023 and have an estimated budget of circa 365,000.00 GBP inc. vat for the entire project.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The University wishes to appoint a supplier to build the entire Cardiff Metropolitan University website. We are seeking a partner that is as passionate about achieving our goals as we are and want to build a strong and flexible working relationship between the service provider and our in-house teams to implement the web build and content strategy together. The current website runs on Microsoft 2013 and has been in place since 2009. The site has had numerous changes over a 10-year period, consists of over 2000 indexed pages, multiple content editors across the university who create and maintain pages on the website. The site is now outdated and needs replacing and updating. The new website replacement project will include 3 major work streams, 1 New wireframe and design 2 CMS website build hosting and maintenance 3 Content project including a content strategy plan. The University is looking to award to a bidder that will provide work for streams 1 and 2 with close collaboration on workstream 3. The procurement will follow a two stage Restricted process, the first stage is pre-qualification using the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). The SQ is available on the University's etender portal Intend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffmet/aspx/Home The closing date and time for return of the completed SQ is 12 noon on the 24th June 2022. It is envisaged that tender documentation will be issued to those suppliers who successfully pre-qualify (5 suppliers) week commencing 4th July 2022. To access the SQ please register on the Intend etender site, which is free of charge and simply requires some standard contact details. As soon as login details and password are created please login. Select Tenders, Current, the project is the Design and Build of the University's Website, View Details, Express an Interest and the SQ document is in the Selection Stage tab of the project. You may then view the SQ or download. Please return a completed SQ by uploading the document to the site and selecting Submit return by the date and time.

Renewal: Two, one year contract extension options will be available subject to performance (3 + 1 + 1).

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-033e45
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014240-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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


CPV Codes

48780000 - System, storage and content management software package

72212783 - Content management software development services

72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£365,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£365,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 May 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
24 Jun 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HEAD OF PROCUREMENT
Contact Name
Andrea Brooksbank
Contact Email
abrooksbank@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2920417310

Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF5 2YB
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Llandaff
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff West

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