Leeds City College - Website Development and Maintenance

Leeds City College (\"the College\") is seeking to appoint a contractor to provide the requirements described in the information documentation commencing in Q1 2019, ready for go live prior to 1st September 2019. A DEV / test platform for the website should be delivered no later than 1st June 2019 while the live public facing site should be ready to go live no later than 1st September 2019.

The intention of this tender is to secure a contractor to provide concept, design and implementation of the full website including both overall architecture and template content, to be hosted directly on Leeds City College's digital infrastructure / server environment and to provide training for staff as required. Alongside this will be the requirement for ongoing maintenance of the website for a period of 12 months from go live, with an option to extend for a further 12 months indefinitely at the mutual agreement of both parties.

We anticipate the contract for initial concept, design, delivery and implementation of the new website, alongside the initial training and first twelve months' maintenance to come to no more than £60k exclusive of VAT.

Additional information: This opportunity is not being tendered under OJEU process guidelines.

The Procurement Process will be managed in house by Leeds City College's procurement function via the College's eTendering portal, which provides a secure delivery mechanism and an auditable record of the process. There is no cost associated with using the portal and merely requires a short registration process.

Tenderers are required to acknowledge receipt of the tender documents via the In-Tend portal.

Any issues, problems or queries with regards to the eTendering portal needs to be addressed firstly to In-Tend Support on 0845 557 8079 or by email to support@in-tend.co.uk.

All documents will be made available through the In-Tend portal. All communication and clarification must be made through the In-Tend portal where possible. This ensures that a complete audit trail of the process is achieved. Questions raised which result in additional information being provided will be shared with all organisations together with Leeds City College's response, but will not breach any area of commercially sensitive or confidential information.

Tenders must remain open for consideration (unless previously formally withdrawn) for not less than 12 weeks from the date fixed for the submission of the Tender.

Leeds City College accepts no liability for any costs incurred by organisations in respect of preparing and submitting documentation to any element of the procurement process.

Delivery Notes

If the Tenderer cannot tender for any part(s) of the work as set out in the tender documents they must inform Paul Emmett, Procurement Manager, Leeds City College at tenders@leedscitycollege.ac.uk as soon as possible, defining the relevant part(s) and stating reason(s) for their inability to tender for the given part(s).

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No