Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract For Design and management/hosting of the University Internet presence
Notice Description
The University of Winchester wish to invite you to tender for Contract For Design and management/hosting of the University Internet presence, the details of which are set out in our invitation to tender documentation. Please read and follow the instructions. If you wish to participate, please confirm via the portal within 48 working hours of the tender invitation being published. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/winchester/aspx/Home Please allow sufficient time to submit your return. Any queries relating to this tender must be made via correspondence on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown. Deadlines for clarification : 03/04/2026, no clarifications will be responded to after this date Important Details Suppliers must have and evidence experience of delivering the design of a Higher Education website, preferably for a UK institution. Suppliers must have experience of hosting large-scale commercial/corporate websites themselves or within the "consortia" they are fronting This is a "no commitment to purchase" Tender The University is currently finalising the budget for this project. We reserve the right to exclude suppliers if their bids are financially unviable. Please return you responses for the following documents in Excel format Website Core Functional Requirements Website Core Technical Requirements Website Future Technical Requirements This is to aid with scoring the tender responses, if they are not returned in Excel format your submission may be rejected.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Initial 6 year contract, if happy with the supplier we require the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066dbc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024661-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Mar 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Apr 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HAMPSHIRE
- Postcode
- SO22 4NR
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Winchester
- Electoral Ward
- St Paul
- Westminster Constituency
- Winchester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024661-2026
18th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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