--- title: "ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING" published: "2024-05-17" --- # ITT310 Provision of a WordPress Web Hosting Service Provider - AWARD Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON E-TENDERING Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f0c806f-e0f8-400f-98dd-7e701c58a3d0.json) ## Summary The University of Northampton e-Tendering has awarded a contract for the provision of a WordPress web hosting service. The tender was in the form of an open procedure, with the tender period ending on January 19, 2024. The contract will run from May 22, 2024, to May 21, 2026. The University is looking for a partner with at least six years of experience and a minimum of 1,000 customers to host their public website, blogs, and other related sites. The successful tenderer will need to provide hosting for at least 30 sites, with a focus on reliability and high traffic handling capabilities. The University seeks a strategic partner to deliver support services and manage the platform for the duration of the two-year contract. This tender by the University of Northampton e-Tendering presents an opportunity for businesses in the web hosting industry, especially those with expertise in managing high-traffic WordPress sites. Companies with a proven track record of hosting large-scale websites and providing round-the-clock monitoring services would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The focus on long-term partnership and added value services opens the door for businesses looking to establish ongoing relationships and offer comprehensive web hosting solutions to educational institutions and large organizations. ## 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... ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7da2b76d-7d6e-4f93-95d2-351fc8807087 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 19 Jan 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 16 May 2024 | | Contract period | 21 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 | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | 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) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | WPENGINE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services ## Release History - 17 May 2024 at 16:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7da2b76d-7d6e-4f93-95d2-351fc8807087 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7da2b76d-7d6e-4f93-95d2-351fc8807087 17th May 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - 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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