Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-04-22
Buyer: The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72212224 | 72400000 | 72413000: Website design services
Estimated value: 3725000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Skills Development Scotland are conducting this tender process to establish a multi lot framework agreement for the provision of a range of web development services. The framework will be split into three (3) separate lots as follows:
The maximum value of call-off contracts placed under the framework agreement over the maximum 4-year term is GBP 3 725 000.
Lot 1: Digital experience design. It is envisaged that the services included under this lot shall include but not be limited to; user experience, user centered design, information architecture, Interaction design, usability, usability testing, accessibility, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Compliance, Human-computer interaction, web design, illustrations, design prototyping, user interface design, content strategy and design (including video), Agile practice.
SDS may from time to time have requirements for a supplier to work on site in their offices at Lomond House, George Square, Glasgow to deliver the services required under a call-off contract. Digital services have a well-established in-house development team and, in our experience, suppliers working onsite with the teams increases collaboration, idea generation and problem solving. For some projects a large number of stakeholders from within the business are involved. The supplier being based on site helps with getting a better understanding of the requirements first hand being part of these scoping/briefing meetings. This further aids teamworking when the internal Digital Services and supplier team are working on the project as a tight knit team.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot 2: Development — front end and back-end Umbraco. It is anticipated that services under this lot shall include but not be limited to; (bootstrap and semantic — UI), technical support, Azure DevOps, prototype development, emerging technologies (data — analysis and integration, voice technologies, chatbots, AI, etc), Testing (automation, regression, testing standards), development using Agile principles.
SDS may from time to time have requirements for a supplier to work on site in their offices at Lomond House, George Square, Glasgow to deliver the services required under a call-off contract. Digital dervices have a well-established in-house development team and, in our experience, suppliers working onsite with the teams increases collaboration, idea generation and problem solving. For some projects a large number of stakeholders from within the business are involved. The supplier being based on site helps with getting a better understanding of the requirements first hand being part of these scoping/briefing meetings. This further aids team working when the internal digital services and supplier team are working on the project as a tight knit team.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot 3: Development — front end and back-end Drupal. It is anticipated that services under this lot shall include but not be limited to; (Semantic — UI), technical support, prototype development, emerging technologies (data — analysis and integration, voice technologies, chatbots, AI, etc), testing (automation, regression, testing standards), development using agile principles.
SDS may from time to time have requirements for a supplier to work on site in their offices at Lomond House, George Square, Glasgow to deliver the services required under a call-off contract. Digital services have a well-established in-house development team and, in our experience, suppliers working onsite with the teams increases collaboration, idea generation and problem solving. For some projects a large number of stakeholders from within the business are involved. The supplier being based on site helps with getting a better understanding of the requirements first hand being part of these scoping/briefing meetings. This further aids team working when the internal digital services and supplier team are working on the project as a tight knit team.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
‘Please note that this is a Contract Award Notice and that this opportunity was awarded on 23 March 2020’
The estimated total value of call off contracts placed under the framework agreement is approximately GBP 3 725 000 (exclusive of VAT) over the duration, including any extension periods.


Winner: D8 Ltd
Award value: 3725000
Number of bids: 15