Published date: 5 July 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 July 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Programming services of application software - 72212000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£42,500

Procurement reference

GH-012

Published date

5 July 2016

Closing date

19 July 2016

Contract start date

25 July 2016

Contract end date

31 December 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

TENDER OPPORTUNITY - WEB PORTAL HOSTING
The Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has a need to procure for the maintenance and hosting of its web portal in order to support the development and operation of the Cumbria Business Growth Hub.

Cumbria Business Growth Hub
Cumbria Business Growth Hub supports the growth and competitiveness of Cumbrian businesses, helping to unleash the potential of Cumbria's businesses, acting as a focal point for businesses that wish to be sustainable, increase their competitiveness and grow, driving activity, providing a focus for access to support and providing relevant support and programmes, complementing and referring into what currently exists.
Central to activities is the existing Cumbria Business Growth Hub web portal that promotes the range of information, support and opportunities, public and private, relevant to business growth and incorporate online tools, support and forums. The portals make innovative use of new and emerging technologies to provide a range of networking, collaboration, information dissemination and learning products and services utilising, for example, smartphones, iPads, Twitter, social media technologies, videoconferencing and virtual classrooms.
We are looking to procure maintenance and hosting of the web portal
We are seeking an ISO27001 accredited company to provide the following support and hosting of the existing Cumbria Business Growth Hub web portal for up to three years over the length of the project.
Please can all quotes include the following work:
• Hosting
• Provision of substantive changes if required- Please include an indicative cost for substantive changes (hourly rate)
• Maintenance, support and routine updating (such as changes to text where is cannot be altered by us in the CMS)
The work must adhere to the ISO27001 standard.





Information required in your submission
We require you to provide the following information:
• Track record and experience of operating in this area of activity
• A minimum of two relevant references
• An outline of your staffing levels, experience and skills
• Technical ability
• Confirmation of your financial stability and capacity to undertake this activity, including your last three years audited accounts
• An explanation of your robust project management processes, including risk management and resilience
• Confirmation of ISO27001 accreditation, and details of your data security and business continuity arrangements
• Confirmation of where the site would be hosted
Timescales
Responses are required by 5pm Tuesday 19th July 2016.

Contact for queries
For any queries please contact Lydia Winder, lydia@cumbriachamber.co.uk, 0845 226 0040.

Contact for responses
Please send your responses by email to Lydia Winder, lydia@cumbriachamber.co.uk for proof of delivery please ensure you obtain and retain both a delivery and read receipt for your email.

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Project funding
The Cumbria Growth Hub is supported by the European Regional Development Fund Programme. The Department for Communities and Local Government is the managing authority for the European Regional Development Fund Programme, which is one of the funds established by the European commission to help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support local businesses and create jobs. For more information visit www.communities.gov.uk/erdf

About the buyer

Contact name

Lydia Winder

Address

3rd Floor, Broadacre House
16-20 Lowther Street
Carlisle
CA3 8DA
England

Telephone

0844 257 84 50

Email

lydiawinder@gmail.com

Website

www.cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk