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title: "ID 4495113 - DfE - TOURISM NI - TOURISM BUSINESS HUB AND WEBSITE SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04168f"
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buyer: "TOURISM NI"
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# ID 4495113 - DfE - TOURISM NI - TOURISM BUSINESS HUB AND WEBSITE SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Buyer: TOURISM NI  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04168f

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## Summary

The buying organisation, Tourism NI, has awarded a contract for tourism business hub and website support maintenance and development. The procurement process was for IT services within the services category. The contract was valued at £160,6534.50 and was signed on 15th February 2024. The procurement method used was an open procedure. The contract has a planned duration of 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years, with the current status being active.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in IT services, consulting, software development, and internet support. Companies specialising in system, content management, and software development services may find this tender suitable to compete for. The contract presents potential for business growth through a long-term engagement with Tourism NI to support their website infrastructure and operations, providing a platform-as-a-service solution with opportunities for ongoing support and development.

## Notice

Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) is responsible for the development of tourism and the marketing of Northern Ireland as a tourist destination to domestic tourists, from within Northern Ireland, and to visitors from the Republic of Ireland. Underpinning Tourism NI's key priorities is a Transformation Programme, including an organisation restructure and the ongoing development of a secure, cloud-based IT infrastructure. Tourism NI wish to procure a contract for the support, maintenance, licencing and development of our current corporate and industry website, tourismni.com. The website requires to operate on Optimizely (previously Episerver) Content Management System (CMS) and requires full integration with Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System and software applications to deliver the functionality as detailed in this specification. TNI would like to procure a platform-as-a-service with out of the box functionality that only requires implementation and training to empower Tourism NI staff to utilise this functionality. The initial contract period is for 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years. Please refer to the document entitled "ID 4495113 - Specification" for full details of the requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) is responsible for the development of tourism and the marketing of Northern Ireland as a tourist destination to domestic tourists, from within Northern Ireland, and to visitors from the Republic of Ireland. Underpinning Tourism NI's key priorities is a Transformation Programme, including an organisation restructure and the ongoing development of a secure, cloud-based IT infrastructure. Tourism NI wish to procure a contract for the support, maintenance, licencing and development of our current corporate and industry website, tourismni.com. The website requires to operate on Optimizely (previously Episerver) Content Management System (CMS) and requires full integration with Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System and software applications to deliver the functionality as detailed in this specification. TNI would like to procure a platform-as-a-service with out of the box functionality that only requires implementation and training to empower Tourism NI staff to utilise this functionality. The initial contract period is for 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years. Please refer to the document entitled "ID 4495113 - Specification" for full details of the requirement.

Options: This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years

Renewal: This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with 1 further optional extension period of up to 2 years

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007541-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Dec 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,666,667 |
| Lots value | £1,666,667 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,606,534 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TOURISM NI |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT2 7ES |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UNRVLD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 48800000 - Information systems and servers
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212213 - Operating system enhancement software development services
- 72212224 - Web page editing software development services
- 72212600 - Database and operating software development services
- 72212610 - Database software development services
- 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services
- 72212783 - Content management software development services

## Release History

- 8 Mar 2024 at 14:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007541-2024
- 7 Nov 2023 at 16:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032971-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

## Provenance

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