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Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services

BELFAST VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU LIMITED, TRADING AS VISIT BELFAST

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13 Dec 2023 at 16:02

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services by Visit Belfast has been terminated. Visit Belfast was looking for a qualified agency to support promoting the Belfast City Region as a visitor destination. The procurement stage was cancelled, and a new tender process will start soon.

This tender offered opportunities for agencies experienced in web design to participate in a potential 5-year contract with Visit Belfast. The contract value could reach up to £1.5 million for the initial 3 years. Businesses with expertise in website development, digital services, and promoting tourist destinations would have been well-suited to compete for this tender.

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Notice Title

Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services

Notice Description

This procurement related to the provision of website design & development and digital services to Visit Belfast. Visit Belfast was seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, experienced and competent website design & development agency to assist Visit Belfast in promoting the Belfast City Region as a world class visitor destination. Visit Belfast was seeking to appoint a service provider to provide the required services for a three year period (with a possible maximum two year extension, at the sole discretion of Visit Belfast). For clarity, the estimated value of the contract below was based on a maximum potential contract duration of 5 years, in which the total value of services required may range up to PS500,000 per annum (giving a potential range of between PS500,000 and PS1,500,000 for the initial 3 years of the contract).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Visit Belfast invites tenders from suitably qualified, experienced, competent agencies for the development of its websites to support the delivery of Visit Belfast's ambitious growth strategy and to include greater representation of partner products, events and experiences on offer across Belfast and Northern Ireland. We require the design and development of visit Belfast Consumer website, Corporate website, to represent Visit Belfast's corporate identity, as well as the Cruise websites to provide important information to business who require information on Cruise industry at Visit Belfast cruise hub at the Belfast Harbour. Additional information: The estimated contract is PS500k per annum. meaning a potential contract value of PS2.5m should the options to extend be used. Any values stipulated in this notice are not guaranteed.

Options: It was proposed that the contract would continue for an initial period of 3 years, subject to performance, funding and compliance by the successful bidder with the terms of the contract. There was an option for extension for a further 2 periods of 1 year each, at Visit Belfast's sole discretion. This option to extend would only be considered upon satisfactory performance of the successful provider and the requisite funding being made available to Visit Belfast. Projects within the contract would be agreed individually and Visit Belfast was under no obligation to award any services required exclusively to the successful provider or ensure any number, value or scale of projects during the contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-042559
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036681-2023
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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72212224 - Web page editing 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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BELFAST VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU LIMITED, TRADING AS VISIT BELFAST
Contact Name
Anne McMullan
Contact Email
annemcmullan@visitbelfast.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT1 5GB
Post Town
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
TLN06 Belfast

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

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