Notice Information
Notice Title
Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services)
Notice Description
Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS's primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University's cyber and operational risk appetite.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS's primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University's cyber and operational risk appetite.
Procurement Information
The UWS website is hosted externally due to technical limitations associated with the original design and development of the platform. A strategic decision was made to continue hosting and developing the website off-site under the current operating model, reflecting the architectural and technical constraints of the existing platform. In October 2025 the University initiated a procurement exercise to explore future options for the platform. However, during the process issues emerged during the live competitive tender process, including supplier queries that UWS was unable to fully resolve, particularly in relation to specific service requirements, solution availability, and associated risks. As a result, the competitive procurement exercise was unsuccessful.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000832712
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN557240
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £297,219 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jun 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 May 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PAISLEY
- Postcode
- PA1 2BE
- Post Town
- Paisley
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Electoral Ward
- Paisley Northwest
- Westminster Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY556442
Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services) - Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS's primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University's cyber and operational risk appetite. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN557240
Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services) - Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS's primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University's cyber and operational risk appetite.
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