--- title: "ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING" published: "2023-12-12" --- # ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0affc053-ebb5-49bf-8312-78fa18b0a4c1.json) ## Summary The University of Northampton is seeking a partner to provide a managed WordPress hosting service starting from Spring 2024. The procurement stage is currently at the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions on 19th January 2024. This opportunity falls under the services category, with the University located in Northampton, United Kingdom. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the contract is set to run from 22nd May 2024 to 21st May 2026. This tender for hosting services by the University of Northampton presents a significant business opportunity for service providers experienced in managed WordPress hosting. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. Businesses with a strong track record in providing hosting services for high-traffic websites and with expertise in WordPress management would find this tender suitable for business growth opportunities. ## Notice The University of Northampton existing managed hosting contract is due to expire and so are seeking a managed WordPress hosting service from Spring 2024. The University is looking for a partner to host our public website as well as blogs sites and other sites related to the university. The host will have a minimum of six years experience, with at least 1,000 plus customers. There is a requirement for the ability to install multiple WordPress sites with the facility to allow a multisite system on a WordPress site where needed. The University of Northampton existing managed hosting contract is due to expire and so are seeking a managed WordPress hosting service from Spring 2024. This service needs to be hosted in preferably in the UK. The hosting service will be required to host several WordPress sites, including a Restaurant site, Hotel Site, a Blog site with multi-sites enabled, Virtual Tour and the main University public website which runs multi sub-sites for areas of the university which require a public facing website. The main University public website had over 3 million visitors in the last year and so the successful tenderer will need to be able to handle peaks of high activity/traffic. Also, the successful tenderer will need to provide 24 hours per day monitoring of the public website ensuring issues can be detected and resolved quickly. Over the period of the contract the University's AV, Digital and collaborative tools Team will also be moving websites, microsites and blogs which are used elsewhere within the university to the hosting solution. This will include having multi-site enabled for some sites so that microsites and blogs can sit under their respective sites. An example of this is Awards and Module catalogue ( https://www.northampton.ac.uk/awards/ ) currently sitting under the public website ( https://www.northampton.ac.uk/ ) installation. The total hosting of at least 30 sites (A mixture of Live and Development/Staging sites) will be needed with expansion as more sites are brought into the hosting environment. Our bandwidth usage is around 1.2TB a month with 959GB of this being taken up by our main public website and can go higher in our super busy periods such as Clearing and Welcome Week. The total storage for all our websites is approximately 250GB at the present time but this is growing by approximately 2Gb a month. However, we are unable to calculate two sites growth patterns as they have only recently come online. The ideal supplier will become a strategic partner for the duration of the contract which will be two years. The supplier will need to add value by providing the University with support services, such as consulting and possible assistance with assurance of code along with the core provision of the managed platform and hosting. This should include all software version and security updates as applicable during the term of the contract. There is a requiremen... Additional information: The information and documents for this tender will be accessible from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton Click on Current Tenders link where you can view the project detail, express an interest and register your Organisation with our e-tendering system. Once the registration has been accepted and you have received your login details by e:mail you can login to view and download the documents in the My Tenders section of the website. If your company is already registered please do not register again Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e8d6ade2-933e-41b1-a798-f44f77a6fad8 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | 19 Jan 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 22 May 2024 - 21 May 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING | | Locality | NORTHAMPTON | | Post town | Northampton | | Postcode | NN1 5PH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF24 West Northamptonshire | | Local authority | West Northamptonshire | | Electoral ward | Delapre and Rushmere | | Westminster constituency | Northampton South | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services ## Release History - 12 Dec 2023 at 17:53 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e8d6ade2-933e-41b1-a798-f44f77a6fad8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e8d6ade2-933e-41b1-a798-f44f77a6fad8 12th December 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton - https://www.northampton.ac.uk/ - https://www.northampton.ac.uk/awards/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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