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Award

08 Mar 2024 at 14:13

Tender

07 Nov 2023 at 16:48

Summary of the contracting process

The buying organisation, Tourism NI, has awarded a contract for tourism business hub and website support maintenance and development. The procurement process was for IT services within the services category. The contract was valued at £160,6534.50 and was signed on 15th February 2024. The procurement method used was an open procedure. The contract has a planned duration of 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years, with the current status being active.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in IT services, consulting, software development, and internet support. Companies specialising in system, content management, and software development services may find this tender suitable to compete for. The contract presents potential for business growth through a long-term engagement with Tourism NI to support their website infrastructure and operations, providing a platform-as-a-service solution with opportunities for ongoing support and development.

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Notice Title

ID 4495113 - DfE - TOURISM NI - TOURISM BUSINESS HUB AND WEBSITE SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Notice Description

Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) is responsible for the development of tourism and the marketing of Northern Ireland as a tourist destination to domestic tourists, from within Northern Ireland, and to visitors from the Republic of Ireland. Underpinning Tourism NI's key priorities is a Transformation Programme, including an organisation restructure and the ongoing development of a secure, cloud-based IT infrastructure. Tourism NI wish to procure a contract for the support, maintenance, licencing and development of our current corporate and industry website, tourismni.com. The website requires to operate on Optimizely (previously Episerver) Content Management System (CMS) and requires full integration with Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System and software applications to deliver the functionality as detailed in this specification. TNI would like to procure a platform-as-a-service with out of the box functionality that only requires implementation and training to empower Tourism NI staff to utilise this functionality. The initial contract period is for 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years. Please refer to the document entitled "ID 4495113 - Specification" for full details of the requirement.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) is responsible for the development of tourism and the marketing of Northern Ireland as a tourist destination to domestic tourists, from within Northern Ireland, and to visitors from the Republic of Ireland. Underpinning Tourism NI's key priorities is a Transformation Programme, including an organisation restructure and the ongoing development of a secure, cloud-based IT infrastructure. Tourism NI wish to procure a contract for the support, maintenance, licencing and development of our current corporate and industry website, tourismni.com. The website requires to operate on Optimizely (previously Episerver) Content Management System (CMS) and requires full integration with Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System and software applications to deliver the functionality as detailed in this specification. TNI would like to procure a platform-as-a-service with out of the box functionality that only requires implementation and training to empower Tourism NI staff to utilise this functionality. The initial contract period is for 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years. Please refer to the document entitled "ID 4495113 - Specification" for full details of the requirement.

Options: This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years

Renewal: This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04168f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007541-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package

48600000 - Database and operating software package

48612000 - Database-management system

48780000 - System, storage and content management software package

48800000 - Information systems and servers

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72212213 - Operating system enhancement software development services

72212224 - Web page editing software development services

72212600 - Database and operating software development services

72212610 - Database software development services

72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services

72212783 - Content management software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,666,667 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,666,667 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,606,534 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Mar 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 Dec 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Feb 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Tourism NI
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT2 7ES
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UNRVLD LTD

Further Information

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