Planning

Website Governance and Quality Assurance Platform Review

CITY ST GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

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Planning

21 Apr 2026 at 14:15

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

City St George's, University of London is currently in the planning stage of reviewing its website governance and quality assurance platform. This market engagement process seeks input from businesses to inform the university's future procurement decision regarding compliance software, content management, IT services, and software testing. Located in London, this initiative underlines the university's intent to explore market offerings before making any procurement commitments. Interested parties should confirm their expressions of interest by 8 May 2026. The engagement aims to refine the university's requirements and influence its eventual procurement route.

This preliminary exercise presents opportunities for businesses specialising in compliance and content management software, as well as IT consultancy and software development services, to showcase their capabilities to a prominent academic institution. Given the comprehensive nature of the review, companies with expertise in website governance, quality assurance, accessibility, SEO, and analytics are well-suited to engage in this process. The potential for business growth lies in forming partnerships with the university and aligning offerings to meet specific needs identified during the engagement phase, paving the way for future procurement opportunities once the final requirements are established.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Website Governance and Quality Assurance Platform Review

Notice Description

City St George's, University of London is reviewing its current website governance platform ahead of a future procurement decision. City St George's, University of London currently uses an incumbent platform to support large scale website quality assurance, accessibility, SEO and analytics across its web estate. The purpose of this exercise is to understand what the current market can offer and to help inform the university's future requirement and procurement route. This is a preliminary market engagement exercise only. It is intended to inform the university's requirement and route to market. It is not a tender or commitment to purchase For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Compliance-software-package./94UAJ2246J To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/94UAJ2246J

Planning Information

Please confirm expressions of interest via email at procurement@city.ac.uk. (a written response to the questions included in the brief). There may be an optional clarification/demonstration stage after the exercise has concluded.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0687a1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036200-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
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

48170000 - Compliance software package

48783000 - Content management software package

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

72254000 - Software testing

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£40,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Apr 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
8 May 20262 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Aug 2026 - 1 Sep 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CITY ST GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC1V 0HB
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
TLI31 Camden and City of London
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Clerkenwell
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Further Information

Notice Documents

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