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Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal)

Abertay University

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Planning

03 Sep 2026 at 01:00

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

Abertay University is planning a web content management and digital experience service for its Dundee-based university of approximately 5,000 students. The scope covers three connected digital channels: a public-facing website supporting student recruitment, course and research promotion, marketing, communications and engagement with external stakeholders; a staff and student intranet with audience-specific content; and a web and mobile portal, currently delivered through the myday platform, providing personalised access to university services, learning resources, academic information and communications. The work is intended to improve recruitment and conversion, staff and student engagement, content management, digital communications and the consistency of the user experience. Delivery will support Abertay University at Bell Street, Dundee.

This procurement is at the planning and market-engagement stage: Abertay University is seeking supplier views to shape its future procurement strategy and business case, rather than inviting bids. The planned approach is an open tender for services, covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The University expects to publish a subsequent notice around March 2027; this is an indicative date, not a response deadline. The estimated procurement value is £100,000 including the stated currency of GBP. There is one planned lot covering the digital experience platform and associated services. Suppliers are being asked to consider whether a single platform, integrated products or another architecture would best meet the requirements, alongside delivery approaches, operating models, benefits, risks, implementation considerations and indicative costs.

This will suit suppliers of web content management systems, digital experience platforms, intranets, student and staff portals, mobile services, systems integration and associated implementation or managed services. Relevant providers should be able to support a public university's recruitment, communications, service-delivery and personalised digital-service needs across several connected channels. The work is likely to require experience of integrating platforms and services, migrating or managing content, designing audience-specific experiences and supporting web and mobile access. Suppliers should be prepared to explain alternative technical architectures, delivery and operating models, implementation implications, benefits and risks in a proportionate way for Abertay University's scale and resources. Organisations able to help shape a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation should monitor the planned procurement and prepare evidence of comparable capability.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal)

Notice Description

Abertay University is a specialist university based in Dundee with approximately 5,000 students. The University is seeking to modernise and enhance its digital experience platforms to better support student recruitment, engagement, communication and service delivery. As part of this market engagement exercise, suppliers are asked to consider the University's scale, resources and strategic ambitions when outlining potential solutions, delivery approaches and indicative costs. This will help ensure responses are proportionate to Abertay's requirements while providing a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation initiatives. Abertay University is seeking to engage with the market to understand the availability of solutions capable of delivering a modern, integrated digital experience platform, or integrated set of platforms and services, to support the University's website, intranet and web/mobile portal requirements.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The University is seeking to improve student recruitment and conversion, enhance staff and student engagement, strengthen digital communications, simplify content management and provide a more joined-up and personalised digital experience across its key digital channels The scope includes: - A public-facing website serving as the University's primary digital channel for student recruitment and conversion, marketing and communications, promotion of courses and research, and engagement with prospective students, partners and external stakeholders. - A staff and student intranet platform providing audience-specific content and communications. - A web and mobile portal experience (currently delivered through the myday platform) providing staff and students with personalised access to university services, learning resources, communications, academic information and other digital services. The University is interested in understanding whether these requirements are best met through a single platform, a suite of integrated products, or an alternative architectural approach, together with the associated benefits, risks, implementation considerations and indicative costs. The University wishes to gather information from suppliers on potential solutions, delivery approaches, operating models, implementation considerations and indicative costs to inform a future procurement strategy and business case.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563749
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

48 - Software package and information systems

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

CPV Codes

48211000 - Platform interconnectivity software package

48219300 - Administration software package

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

72212222 - Web server software development services

72212224 - Web page editing software development services

72212517 - IT software development services

72222300 - Information technology services

72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Mar 20276 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
Abertay University
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DUNDEE
Postcode
DD1 1HG
Postcode Area
Dundee
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
Delivery Location
TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
Local Authority
Dundee City
Electoral Ward
Maryfield
Westminster Constituency
Dundee Central

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP563749&idx=1
    3rd September 2026 - Web Content Management System PIN Notice
  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563749
    Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal) - Abertay University is a specialist university based in Dundee with approximately 5,000 students. The University is seeking to modernise and enhance its digital experience platforms to better support student recruitment, engagement, communication and service delivery. As part of this market engagement exercise, suppliers are asked to consider the University's scale, resources and strategic ambitions when outlining potential solutions, delivery approaches and indicative costs. This will help ensure responses are proportionate to Abertay's requirements while providing a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation initiatives. Abertay University is seeking to engage with the market to understand the availability of solutions capable of delivering a modern, integrated digital experience platform, or integrated set of platforms and services, to support the University's website, intranet and web/mobile portal requirements.

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