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title: "Natural England (NE) National Trails website 2022 for Hosting, development, support and maintenance."
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# Natural England (NE) National Trails website 2022 for Hosting, development, support and maintenance.

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ab10c5da-0fff-44b8-be3f-02f0408a03d1

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Natural England (NE) as the contracting authority for a project titled "Natural England (NE) National Trails website 2022 for Hosting, development, support and maintenance." This initiative falls within the services industry category and is aimed at enhancing the existing National Trails website, used by approximately 1.5 million unique visitors annually. The procurement method employed is selective, acting as a call-off from a framework agreement, with the tender period concluding on 21 January 2022. The contract's duration runs from 24 January 2022 to 23 January 2023. The project address is located in Peterborough, England, and has a total contract value of £5,100,000, with a minimum value of £2,874,850.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in web hosting, development, and maintenance services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, given their suitability for the project requirements. Businesses with expertise in government accessibility standards and content management are particularly well-suited to compete, contributing to the ongoing development and support of a platform integral to outdoor wellbeing and exploration in England and Wales.

## Notice

Natural England's (NE) priorities for 2020 to 2025 are in supporting the government's 25 Year Environment Plan and aims for people connected to the natural environment for their own and society's wellbeing, enjoyment and prosperity. To support this Natural England (working with Natural Resources Wales) provides a website allowing citizens to find and plan trail walks in England and Wales: Find your perfect trail, and discover the land of myths and legend - National Trails The National Trails website is an established and well used website with circa 1.5 million unique users annually. Not only does it provide the public with information on trail routes but also on facilities, inspiration and events to better enable them to access and enjoy the trails. NE anticipate on-going development requirement under this new agreement will be minimal, there will be a need for specific development support during the period Jan to March 2022. This will primarily be to implement necessary changes to ensure the website meets government accessibility requirements and to create some additional functionality/features on the website platform. In addition there will be the need to regularly add mapping information on new stretches of the England Coast Path National Trail, possibly every month. Requirement is for hosting, maintenance, development and content management support for the National Trails website. Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents, please access the E-Tendering portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk", ensuring that your registration includes "Defra". If you have any problems with this system, please contact Bravo on their telephone helpline number 0800 368 4850 or by emailing them at help@bravosolution.co.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ace3e6d-aa84-4fac-906c-400b8d40c06a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jan 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Jan 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Contract period | 24 Jan 2022 - 23 Jan 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,874,850 |
| 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 | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | PETERBOROUGH |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE1 1NG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough |
| Local authority | Peterborough |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Peterborough |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BIG BLUE DOOR |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package

## Release History

- 28 Jan 2022 at 10:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ace3e6d-aa84-4fac-906c-400b8d40c06a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ace3e6d-aa84-4fac-906c-400b8d40c06a
  28th January 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0d290433-0eb8-4686-aa7f-cd455eb51237
  n/a

## Notice URLs

- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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