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title: "Website Host & Maintenance Provider"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03177c"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED"
published: "2022-02-15"
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# Website Host & Maintenance Provider

Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03177c

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## Summary

The West Midlands Growth Company Limited sought a service provider for the "Website Host & Maintenance Provider" tender, classified under IT services in the consulting and software development industry. This contract, valued at £47,454, was directly awarded to New Mind Internet Consultancy Limited (T/A Simpleview Europe) due to the unique nature of the required services, as these can only be fulfilled by the awarded supplier. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication, relying on Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations, indicating that competition was absent for technical reasons. The contract was signed on 1st November 2021 and is active, facilitating the maintenance of essential tourism websites for the region.

This tender presents a unique opportunity for businesses specializing in web hosting and IT consultancy services. While the contract has been awarded, understanding the conditions that led to this direct procurement may reveal potential future projects or related services that the West Midlands Growth Company Limited could require. Companies that can demonstrate exceptional technical expertise in web infrastructure, coupled with exclusive access to existing systems, would be particularly well-suited for any forthcoming opportunities in this domain.

## Notice

The services required for annual website hosting and maintenance can only be fulfilled by a specific agency - Simpleview - who have sole access to Visit Birmingham's back end infrastructure and CMS/DMS. Each year we pay Simpleview, our website provider, hosting and maintenance costs for the running of our core leisure tourism channels visitbirmingham.com/meetbirmingham.com and makeitwm.com - this is a service that can solely be done by them, as they alone have access to the IT systems and infrastructure that is required to fulfil this service. This could not be outsourced to a 3rd party provider. Hosting and maintenance of visitbimmingham.com/meetbirmingham.com and makeitwm.com.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The below is the detailed breakdown of the annual hosting agreement. Destination Management System Core Components * Visitor Information Module (Product Management System) * Visitor CRM Module * Customer Support * DMS Hosting * Address Lookup Software Enterprise Content Management System * Main Tourism Website * Additional or Tourism Essentials * Customer Support for CMS Editors Web Hosting HTTPS * SSL certificate Web Modules * Survey Builder * Banner Ad Management System * Blog DMS Modules * Event submission and approval module- enhanced Widgets * Trip Advisor Widgets- Accommodation * Trip Advisor Widgets- each additional product type Booking Options * Live availability from online travel agencies (polling) * Guestlink + Live availability from property management systems incl. styling of availability grid *

### Procurement Information

West Midlands Growth Company Ltd have directly award the contract to Simpleview due to the nature of the service required and inline with principles set in PPN01/20 where direct award is permissible due absence of competition and protection of exclusive rights under Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR which allows for sole supplier sourcing through use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used and this request also falls within Regulation 32 (5) delivery of services by an existing supplier to where competition is absent due to technical reasons. In the case of this procurement competition is absent and only one supplier can provide the expertise required to produce the product or has capacity to complete on the scale required. The protection of exclusive, including the intellectual property rights, the current supplier owns those rights and has the exclusive right to exploit the intellectual property to the rights and WMGC is seeking to directly award for the services with the nominated contractor.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004320-2022 |
| Notice type | 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £47,454 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B19 3SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLD72 Liverpool |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NEW MIND INTERNET CONSULTANCY LIMITED LIMITED (T/A SIMPLEVIEW EUROPE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 15 Feb 2022 at 16:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004320-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.wmgrowth.com

## Provenance

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