Replacement of CMS (Content Management System) with a Digital Experience Platform
A Tender Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 10 Sep 2021
- Delivery
- To 23 Sep 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- 14 Oct 2021 11:00
Concepts
Location
Central Valleys:
1 buyer
- South Wales University Pontypridd
Description
Tenders are being invited for the supply, installation and configuration of a replacement of a current CMS (Content Management System). The University is seeking a "Digital Experience Platform" through a SaaS cloud based service to reduce the burden on IT while supporting needs of staff and students. USW would like to migrate sites by the end of March 2022. Managing the University web services is a highly labour-intensive process that is currently fragmented across many sub domains and administrative teams. It is anticipated that the new system will provide a highly self-service publishing capability for content managers and owners which will allow full integration of all required services and better support future design changes as we evaluate the needs of our staff and students.
Lot Division
| 1 | Provision of a SaaS (Software as a Service) ‘Digital Experience Platform’
The University is seeking to invest in the digital experience it provides current and prospective students via its website and as such is seeking to ensure content owners and managers have appropriate tools and services. Therefore, this tender is split into three separate but very closely related lots. These are: Lot 1 - Provision of a SaaS (Software as a Service) ‘Digital Experience Platform’ (4-6yrs) - (This Lot 1) Lot 2 - Full migration of existing sites to selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ Lot 3 - UX Design & Development Service for the selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ A tenderer may apply for just one, two, or all three lots of the tender and the University may choose separate suppliers for all three services. Where a tenderer intends to supply more than one of the services as a hard condition of their tender this must be clearly stated. Regardless of this, tenderers must separately detail each service and additionally provide the benefits of awarding them more than one of the required services. If benefits include service cost discounts of any kind, these must be clearly detailed on the quotations provided at the point of submission of the tender. While a single supplier may be preferable for several reasons, the University is happy to consider ‘specialist services’ for both the website migration and ongoing user experience design and development services. USW would prefer to migrate sites by the end of March 2022. |
| 2 | Full migration of existing sites to selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’
The University is seeking to invest in the digital experience it provides current and prospective students via its website and as such is seeking to ensure content owners and managers have appropriate tools and services. Therefore, this tender is split into three separate but very closely related lots. These are: Lot 1 - Provision of a SaaS (Software as a Service) ‘Digital Experience Platform’ (4-6yrs) Lot 2 - Full migration of existing sites to selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ (This Lot 2) Lot 3 - UX Design & Development Service for the selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ A tenderer may apply for just one, two, or all three lots of the tender and the University may choose separate suppliers for all three services. Where a tenderer intends to supply more than one of the services as a hard condition of their tender this must be clearly stated. Regardless of this, tenderers must separately detail each service and additionally provide the benefits of awarding them more than one of the required services. If benefits include service cost discounts of any kind, these must be clearly detailed on the quotations provided at the point of submission of the tender. While a single supplier may be preferable for several reasons, the University is happy to consider ‘specialist services’ for both the website migration and ongoing user experience design and development services. USW would prefer to migrate sites by the end of March 2022. Additional information: Duration of contract will depend upon timeframes required to complete this service. |
| 3 | UX Design & Development Service for the selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’
The University is seeking to invest in the digital experience it provides current and prospective students via its website and as such is seeking to ensure content owners and managers have appropriate tools and services. Therefore, this tender is split into three separate but very closely related lots. These are: Lot 1 - Provision of a SaaS (Software as a Service) ‘Digital Experience Platform’ (4-6yrs) Lot 2 - Full migration of existing sites to selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ Lot 3 - UX Design & Development Service for the selected ‘Digital Experience Platform’ (This Lot 3) A tenderer may apply for just one, two, or all three lots of the tender and the University may choose separate suppliers for all three services. Where a tenderer intends to supply more than one of the services as a hard condition of their tender this must be clearly stated. Regardless of this, tenderers must separately detail each service and additionally provide the benefits of awarding them more than one of the required services. If benefits include service cost discounts of any kind, these must be clearly detailed on the quotations provided at the point of submission of the tender. While a single supplier may be preferable for several reasons, the University is happy to consider ‘specialist services’ for both the website migration and ongoing user experience design and development services. USW would prefer to migrate sites by the end of March 2022. Additional information: The duration of Lot 3 will depend upon business requirements. |
CPV Codes
- 72268000 - Software supply services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
Indicators
- Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
- This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=113839. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: As part of the tendering process the University will be looking at ways that even more value may be obtained and would like to seek community benefits from this tender. Examples of the kind of benefits / opportunities that we would like to see are, for example, e.g. lectures, guest speaker slots, scholarships or perhaps student placements or internships. When submitting your tender, you will need to submit a plan in a separate word document of how you would anticipate delivering any benefits through this contract. The community benefits will not be scored or evaluated but will be included as a condition of contract with the successful supplier. (WA Ref:113839)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-02df74
- FTS 022533-2021