--- title: "Website Service and Maintenance" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE" published: "2026-04-21" --- # Website Service and Maintenance Buyer: SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767.json) ## Summary Scottish Natural Heritage is inviting tenders for a 'Website Service and Maintenance' contract, aimed at providing services for their Drupal-based website hosted on the Acquia Cloud. The procurement falls within the Environmental Protection industry category and is managed under the open procedure, facilitated by Scotland Excel. The tender process is currently active, with submissions required by 21st May 2026, at 12:00 PM, after which bids will be opened. The contract is expected to commence immediately post-bid opening, underlining its strategic significance in enhancing digital capabilities for NatureScot. This tender presents considerable growth opportunities for businesses specialising in digital and web services, particularly those with expertise in secure and well-governed digital platforms. Firms adept in managing complex content systems, offering language translations, and utilising integrated tools such as Cloudflare and Google suite are encouraged to apply. With a strong emphasis on quality (70%) over price (30%), businesses that can deliver innovative and tech-driven solutions stand a good chance of winning this contract. Long-term collaboration possibilities, given the prospect for future procurement exercises, underscore the potential benefits for businesses investing in the evolving digital infrastructure of Scottish public institutions. ## Notice NatureScot is looking to tender a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Website Service and Maintenance. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Website Service & Maintenance Contract requires a supplier capable of delivering a secure, well-governed, and future-ready digital service for NatureScot's Drupal-based website. The contractor must support an existing website hosted on the Acquia Cloud Professional environment, comprising multiple development and deployment stages, a Drupal 10 content management system, and a multi-domain architecture with separate budget management responsibilities. The platform features complex content structures, audience segmentation, bespoke layouts, media management, workflows, content retention management, language translation and integrated tools such as Cloudflare, Acquia Web Governance, GitHub, Google Tools suite (Analytics, Tag manager etc.), New Relic, and third-party penetration testing services.. Scotland Excel (SXL) will be acting on behalf of NatureScot in the execution of this procurement exercise but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR554265 | | Notice type | OJEU - F2 - Contract 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 | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Apr 2026 | | Submission deadline | 21 May 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | A further procurement exercise may be undertaken prior to expiry of this Contract. | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE | | Locality | INVERNESS | | Post town | Inverness | | Postcode | IV3 8NW | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands | | ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands | | Local authority | Highland | | Electoral ward | Inverness West | | Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | | Delivery location | TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services - 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services ## Release History - 21 Apr 2026 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR554265 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR554265 Website Service and Maintenance - NatureScot is looking to tender a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Website Service and Maintenance. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - http://www.nature.scot - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=829767 - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=829767 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000829767.json.