--- title: "Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042559" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042559" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042559.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042559.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "BELFAST VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU LIMITED, TRADING AS VISIT BELFAST" published: "2023-12-13" --- # Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services Buyer: BELFAST VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU LIMITED, TRADING AS VISIT BELFAST Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042559 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042559) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042559.json) ## Summary The public procurement process for Website Design and Development Services and Digital Services by Visit Belfast has been terminated. Visit Belfast was looking for a qualified agency to support promoting the Belfast City Region as a visitor destination. The procurement stage was cancelled, and a new tender process will start soon. This tender offered opportunities for agencies experienced in web design to participate in a potential 5-year contract with Visit Belfast. The contract value could reach up to £1.5 million for the initial 3 years. Businesses with expertise in website development, digital services, and promoting tourist destinations would have been well-suited to compete for this tender. ## Notice This procurement related to the provision of website design & development and digital services to Visit Belfast. Visit Belfast was seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, experienced and competent website design & development agency to assist Visit Belfast in promoting the Belfast City Region as a world class visitor destination. Visit Belfast was seeking to appoint a service provider to provide the required services for a three year period (with a possible maximum two year extension, at the sole discretion of Visit Belfast). For clarity, the estimated value of the contract below was based on a maximum potential contract duration of 5 years, in which the total value of services required may range up to PS500,000 per annum (giving a potential range of between PS500,000 and PS1,500,000 for the initial 3 years of the contract). ### Lot Information Lot 1 Visit Belfast invites tenders from suitably qualified, experienced, competent agencies for the development of its websites to support the delivery of Visit Belfast's ambitious growth strategy and to include greater representation of partner products, events and experiences on offer across Belfast and Northern Ireland. We require the design and development of visit Belfast Consumer website, Corporate website, to represent Visit Belfast's corporate identity, as well as the Cruise websites to provide important information to business who require information on Cruise industry at Visit Belfast cruise hub at the Belfast Harbour. Additional information: The estimated contract is PS500k per annum. meaning a potential contract value of PS2.5m should the options to extend be used. Any values stipulated in this notice are not guaranteed. Options: It was proposed that the contract would continue for an initial period of 3 years, subject to performance, funding and compliance by the successful bidder with the terms of the contract. There was an option for extension for a further 2 periods of 1 year each, at Visit Belfast's sole discretion. This option to extend would only be considered upon satisfactory performance of the successful provider and the requisite funding being made available to Visit Belfast. Projects within the contract would be agreed individually and Visit Belfast was under no obligation to award any services required exclusively to the successful provider or ensure any number, value or scale of projects during the contract. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036681-2023 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 13 Dec 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Cancelled | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Unsuccessful | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BELFAST VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU LIMITED, TRADING AS VISIT BELFAST | | Locality | BELFAST | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT1 5GB | | 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 | TLN06 Belfast | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72212224 - Web page editing software development services - 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services - 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services ## Release History - 13 Dec 2023 at 16:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036681-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.visitbelfast.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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