Planning

Provision of website hosting, maintenance and support services

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND ENTERPRISE AGENCY

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Planning

25 Nov 2025 at 00:00

PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of website hosting, maintenance and support services

Notice Description

Provision of website hosting, maintenance and support services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) are notifying the market of a potential market opportunity for a supplier to provide comprehensive hosting, maintenance, development and support services for its website, www.southofscotlandenterprise.com, currently on Umbraco version 13.10.1. with requirement to support any future upgrades to newer versions of Umbraco as required. The hosting must be delivered via Microsoft Azure infrastructure. The appointed supplier will also be required to support the multi-site set-up within the same instance of Umbraco CMS which includes the hosting, support and maintenance of the following additional websites: - www.southofscotlandrep.com - www.investinsouthofscotland.com Key requirements include: - Provision of unlimited bandwidth and storage for all hosted websites. - Commercially reasonable efforts to achieve a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.95% throughout the contract period. - Proactive monitoring and maintenance to ensure optimal uptime and performance. - Ability to connect to each hosting environment regularly to verify connectivity - Technical capability to support the existing integrations that are in place - Implementation and management of SSL certificates for the duration of the contract, covering both the website and the CMS. - Provision of an efficient online support system and email option for raising critical issues, including service availability. - Critical issues must be responded to promptly. - Must take Business continuity and security very seriously and have measures built in to ensure our applications run with as little disruption as possible. - All environments must be backed up and be able to be rebuilt at any time. - Must be Cyber Essentials Plus certified, or suitable equivalent e.g. ISO 27001. - Must be able to provide block hours of support and work closely with the team on ongoing improvement plan which includes ongoing accessibility reviews and testing. Interested parties are invited to express their interest in delivering these services. Expressions of interest should be submitted via Public Contracts Scotland. The Invitations to Tender are expected to be issued at the end of January 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000816626
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544206
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Prior Information 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

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

CPV Codes

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Nov 20251 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Jan 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH OF SCOTLAND ENTERPRISE AGENCY
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
david.rees@sose.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1750535901

Buyer Location

Locality
DUMFRIES
Postcode
DG1 4TA
Post Town
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward
Nith
Westminster Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway

Further Information

Notice Documents

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