Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-11-18
Buyer: Nottingham Trent University
Country: UK
Region: Nottingham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72413000: Website design services | 72415000: Website hosting services
Estimated value: 360000 GBP
Award criteria: Digital Thought Leadership and Consultancy [Lot 1 10] and Delivering Innovative, Effective and Measureable Digital Solutions [Lot 1 10 and Lot 2 10], Gathering & Interpreting Insights into Key Audiences & Behaviour [Lot 1 10] and Application of Insight into Effective & Measurable Digital Strategies [Lot 1 5], Custodians of NTU Brand and Application of Brand Guidelines [Lot 1 5 and Lot 2 5] and Design and Development of Responsive Websites and Applications [Lot 1 15 and Lot 2 15], Accessibility and Technical SEO [Lot 1 7.5 and Lot 2 10] and Hosting, Maintenance and Legislation [Lot 1 7.5 and Lot 2 15], UX/UI/IA Best Practices Consultancy [Lot 1 5] and Analysis, Reporting and Measuring Effectiveness [Lot 1 5 and Lot 2 5], Project/Hourly/Day Rates, Hosting, Support, Training and Consultancy Services [Lot 1 15 and Lot 2 20], Sustainability [Lot 1 and 2 3] and Equality [Lot 1 and 2 2], Identifying and Tailoring Digital Solutions to Key Audiences [Lot 2 5], Data Integration and Archiving [Lot 2 7.5], Training [Lot 2 2.5]

Technical requirements: Digital Thought Leadership and Consultancy [Lot 1 10] and Delivering Innovative, Effective and Measureable Digital Solutions [Lot 1 10 and Lot 2 10]
Gathering & Interpreting Insights into Key Audiences & Behaviour [Lot 1 10] and Application of Insight into Effective & Measurable Digital Strategies [Lot 1 5]
Custodians of NTU Brand and Application of Brand Guidelines [Lot 1 5 and Lot 2 5] and Design and Development of Responsive Websites and Applications [Lot 1 15 and Lot 2 15]
Accessibility and Technical SEO [Lot 1 7.5 and Lot 2 10] and Hosting, Maintenance and Legislation [Lot 1 7.5 and Lot 2 15]
UX/UI/IA Best Practices Consultancy [Lot 1 5] and Analysis, Reporting and Measuring Effectiveness [Lot 1 5 and Lot 2 5]
Project/Hourly/Day Rates, Hosting, Support, Training and Consultancy Services [Lot 1 15 and Lot 2 20]
Sustainability [Lot 1 and 2 3] and Equality [Lot 1 and 2 2]
Identifying and Tailoring Digital Solutions to Key Audiences [Lot 2 5]
Data Integration and Archiving [Lot 2 7.5]
Training [Lot 2 2.5]
Nottingham Trent University is seeking a roster of agencies to work on digital and web projects, to accompany our larger and more bespoke marketing projects. The University is seeking insight-led digital agencies centered on critical and creative thinking, design excellence and technical wizardry. The roster will design and build professional websites and apps that turn marketing strategy into connected experiences that are not only effective, but also inspire and delight our audiences. Nottingham Trent University shall appoint to a maximum of three suppliers for Lot 1.
Suppliers appointed to the roster will be allocated work evenly across the supplier set, where practical, based on supplier workloads and supplier specialist areas. Roster agencies not required to pitch for every project, with agency pitches limited to the more complex projects. The University expects the yearly number of projects to be in the region of two to four projects; however, this figure may fluctuate. Consultancy on our digital portfolio may have direct impact on our core recruitment journey and could be critical to undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment, as well as university reputation. The projected annual expenditure for Lot 1 Digital Experiences is in the region of 60 000 GBP; the University does not guarantee any level of business. Figures inclusive of VAT.
Nottingham Trent University is seeking a digital agency to provide fully managed end-to-end web design and development services for a variety of digital projects that do not fall under our main website ntu.ac.uk. An agency adept at delivering structured and cost-effective websites/applications including hosting that delivers core requirements for academic, research and other marketing activities. Currently, the University has five active sites on managed web service, with the expectation that this figure will grow in the coming years.
The projected annual expenditure for Lot 2 Managed Web Service is in the region of 30 000 GBP; the University does not guarantee any level of business. Figures inclusive of VAT.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Nottingham Trent University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The stand still period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Winner: Future Friendly Ltd
Number of bids: 11