Planning

Group Websites and Associated Services

THE WHEATLEY HOUSING GROUP LIMITED

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Planning

25 Feb 2026 at 00:00

PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Wheatley Housing Group Limited, located in Glasgow, is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process for "Group Websites and Associated Services." This procurement initiative focuses on delivering a suite of customer-facing websites aligning with Wheatley's 2026-2031 digital-first strategy, emphasising AI-ready capabilities and personalised customer engagement. The procurement, under the industry category "Housing and community amenities," involves a market engagement exercise and aims to prepare for a future unified website solution. This engagement seeks insights into the design and implementation of AI-ready, cost-efficient websites that can deliver relevant content across Wheatley's subsidiaries. The initiative is flagged for potential future notice by 1st June 2026, and encompasses services valued at £200,000 in the region of UKM82.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in digital solutions, particularly in website development, AI implementation, and customer engagement technologies. Companies with expertise in large-scale website transformations, cost-effective digital solutions, and innovative market approaches will find themselves well-suited to compete for this procurement. Additionally, businesses possessing strong capabilities in website hosting, migration, and hyper-local content delivery could benefit from the insights shared during the engagement exercise. The Wheatley Housing Group aims to leverage market innovation and industry best practices to facilitate a rapid launch, presenting a promising growth opportunity for businesses capable of meeting these requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Group Websites and Associated Services

Notice Description

Wheatley Group is undertaking a market engagement exercise to explore options for delivering a new suite of customer-facing websites. This exercise supports Wheatley's 2026-2031 strategy, which sets out a shift to digital-first, personalised customer engagement. Future websites must be AI-ready, accessible, cost-efficient and capable of delivering hyper-local and relevant content across Wheatley's subsidiaries. The objectives of this market engagement are to: -prepare the market for a potential future procurement of a unified website solution. -understand approaches to delivering AI-ready, accessible and personalised websites. -identify indicative costs and delivery models, including build, hosting and migration. -gain insight into market innovation, best practice, supplier experience in large-scale website transformation. -understand risks, constraints and opportunities associated with consolidating multiple websites. -clarify assumptions and information requirements ahead of any formal process; and -explore delivery approaches that support rapid launch.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Wheatley Group is seeking engagement from the market to assess future options around our websites. The Group has 6 websites in total. One for the Wheatley Group and the other five relate to subsidiary partners. The purpose of this engagement is to seek insight into the current industry standard and alternative options to ensure AI readiness. It is worth noting that future rebranding may result in a reduction of the number of websites.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000824707
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB550320
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

72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Feb 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Jun 20263 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
THE WHEATLEY HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G1 1HL
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow East

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB550320
    Group Websites and Associated Services - Wheatley Group is undertaking a market engagement exercise to explore options for delivering a new suite of customer-facing websites. This exercise supports Wheatley's 2026-2031 strategy, which sets out a shift to digital-first, personalised customer engagement. Future websites must be AI-ready, accessible, cost-efficient and capable of delivering hyper-local and relevant content across Wheatley's subsidiaries. The objectives of this market engagement are to: -prepare the market for a potential future procurement of a unified website solution. -understand approaches to delivering AI-ready, accessible and personalised websites. -identify indicative costs and delivery models, including build, hosting and migration. -gain insight into market innovation, best practice, supplier experience in large-scale website transformation. -understand risks, constraints and opportunities associated with consolidating multiple websites. -clarify assumptions and information requirements ahead of any formal process; and -explore delivery approaches that support rapid launch.

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