--- title: "Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal)" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Abertay University" published: "2026-09-03" --- # Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal) Buyer: Abertay University Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033.json) ## Summary Abertay University is planning a web content management and digital experience service for its Dundee-based university of approximately 5,000 students. The scope covers three connected digital channels: a public-facing website supporting student recruitment, course and research promotion, marketing, communications and engagement with external stakeholders; a staff and student intranet with audience-specific content; and a web and mobile portal, currently delivered through the myday platform, providing personalised access to university services, learning resources, academic information and communications. The work is intended to improve recruitment and conversion, staff and student engagement, content management, digital communications and the consistency of the user experience. Delivery will support Abertay University at Bell Street, Dundee. This procurement is at the planning and market-engagement stage: Abertay University is seeking supplier views to shape its future procurement strategy and business case, rather than inviting bids. The planned approach is an open tender for services, covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The University expects to publish a subsequent notice around March 2027; this is an indicative date, not a response deadline. The estimated procurement value is £100,000 including the stated currency of GBP. There is one planned lot covering the digital experience platform and associated services. Suppliers are being asked to consider whether a single platform, integrated products or another architecture would best meet the requirements, alongside delivery approaches, operating models, benefits, risks, implementation considerations and indicative costs. This will suit suppliers of web content management systems, digital experience platforms, intranets, student and staff portals, mobile services, systems integration and associated implementation or managed services. Relevant providers should be able to support a public university's recruitment, communications, service-delivery and personalised digital-service needs across several connected channels. The work is likely to require experience of integrating platforms and services, migrating or managing content, designing audience-specific experiences and supporting web and mobile access. Suppliers should be prepared to explain alternative technical architectures, delivery and operating models, implementation implications, benefits and risks in a proportionate way for Abertay University's scale and resources. Organisations able to help shape a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation should monitor the planned procurement and prepare evidence of comparable capability. ## Notice Abertay University is a specialist university based in Dundee with approximately 5,000 students. The University is seeking to modernise and enhance its digital experience platforms to better support student recruitment, engagement, communication and service delivery. As part of this market engagement exercise, suppliers are asked to consider the University's scale, resources and strategic ambitions when outlining potential solutions, delivery approaches and indicative costs. This will help ensure responses are proportionate to Abertay's requirements while providing a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation initiatives. Abertay University is seeking to engage with the market to understand the availability of solutions capable of delivering a modern, integrated digital experience platform, or integrated set of platforms and services, to support the University's website, intranet and web/mobile portal requirements. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The University is seeking to improve student recruitment and conversion, enhance staff and student engagement, strengthen digital communications, simplify content management and provide a more joined-up and personalised digital experience across its key digital channels The scope includes: - A public-facing website serving as the University's primary digital channel for student recruitment and conversion, marketing and communications, promotion of courses and research, and engagement with prospective students, partners and external stakeholders. - A staff and student intranet platform providing audience-specific content and communications. - A web and mobile portal experience (currently delivered through the myday platform) providing staff and students with personalised access to university services, learning resources, communications, academic information and other digital services. The University is interested in understanding whether these requirements are best met through a single platform, a suite of integrated products, or an alternative architectural approach, together with the associated benefits, risks, implementation considerations and indicative costs. The University wishes to gather information from suppliers on potential solutions, delivery approaches, operating models, implementation considerations and indicative costs to inform a future procurement strategy and business case. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563749 | | Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Mar 2027 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Abertay University | | Locality | DUNDEE | | Postcode area | Dundee | | Postcode | DD1 1HG | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM03 Angus and Dundee City | | Local authority | Dundee City | | Electoral ward | Maryfield | | Westminster constituency | Dundee Central | | Delivery location | TLM71 Angus and Dundee City | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48211000 - Platform interconnectivity software package - 48219300 - Administration software package - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72212222 - Web server software development services - 72212224 - Web page editing software development services - 72212517 - IT software development services - 72222300 - Information technology services - 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services ## Release History - 3 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563749 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP563749&idx=1 3rd September 2026 - Web Content Management System PIN Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563749 Web Content Management System (website, intranet and web/mobile portal) - Abertay University is a specialist university based in Dundee with approximately 5,000 students. The University is seeking to modernise and enhance its digital experience platforms to better support student recruitment, engagement, communication and service delivery. As part of this market engagement exercise, suppliers are asked to consider the University's scale, resources and strategic ambitions when outlining potential solutions, delivery approaches and indicative costs. This will help ensure responses are proportionate to Abertay's requirements while providing a sustainable foundation for future digital transformation initiatives. Abertay University is seeking to engage with the market to understand the availability of solutions capable of delivering a modern, integrated digital experience platform, or integrated set of platforms and services, to support the University's website, intranet and web/mobile portal requirements. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.abertay.ac.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=842033 ## 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-r6ebe6-0000842033. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000842033.json.