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WEBSITE DESIGN, BUILD AND HOSTING SERVICES

Truro & Penwith Academy Trust

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27 Oct 2026 at 12:15

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Truro & Penwith Academy Trust is seeking a supplier to design, build and host websites for 41 schools. The service must give each school a distinct identity while providing a coherent trust-wide digital framework for quality, statutory compliance and oversight. Designs need to accommodate the different needs and audiences of primary, secondary and all-through schools, while maintaining a consistent user experience and alignment with the trust’s brand. The work is for schools in Cornwall. The procurement covers website design and hosting services.

The trust invited offers through a competitive flexible procedure, with an initial participation stage followed by invitations to tender for up to four selected participants. The enquiry deadline was 20 November 2026 at 17:00, and the expression-of-interest deadline was 27 November 2026 at 17:00. The published estimated value is £300,000 excluding VAT (£360,000 including VAT). The initial contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with an option to extend once by one year. Price carries 55% of the evaluation weighting, qualitative technical questions 40%, and contract amendments 5%.

This opportunity is suited to an experienced digital agency or web developer able to deliver a multi-site school website service, including design, development and ongoing hosting. Suppliers will need to balance distinct school-level branding and audience needs with a consistent trust-wide framework, user experience and oversight requirements. The brief requires capability in statutory compliance as well as the technical delivery and operation of multiple websites. A scalable platform that makes it efficient to add schools if the trust expands is also required. The range of primary, secondary and all-through settings favours suppliers with the design judgement and delivery capacity to support varied school communities within one coherent system. The evaluation gives substantial weight to technical quality as well as price and proposed contract amendments.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

WEBSITE DESIGN, BUILD AND HOSTING SERVICES

Notice Description

This opportunity is for the appointment of an experienced supplier to design, build and host websites for 41 schools across the Multi-Academy Trust. The solution must enable each school's individual identity to be clearly represented, while operating within a cohesive, trust wide digital framework that supports quality, statutory compliance and effective oversight. The proposed design approach should be sufficiently flexible to reflect the differing needs, audiences and characteristics of the Trust's primary, secondary and all-through schools while maintaining a consistent user experience and brand alignment across the Trust.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The successful supplier must be capable of providing a scalable solution that allows additional schools to be onboarded efficiently should the Authority expand during the contract term.

Renewal: 5.3 The Contract may be extended beyond the Initial Term on a maximum of one (1) occasion by a further one (1) year ("Renewal Period") at the Authority's sole discretion, by the Authority giving the Contractor not less than 3 (three) months' notice prior to the expiry of the Initial Term.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07911d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101490-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible 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

72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Oct 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 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
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
THREEMILESTONE, TRURO
Postcode
TR4 9LD
Postcode Area
Truro
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Threemilestone & Chacewater
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

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