Published date: 25 September 2019

Last edited date: 25 September 2019

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: 15 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

GU29 9DH

Value of contract

£25,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

SD - 00000117

Published date

25 September 2019

Closing date

15 October 2019

Contract start date

25 October 2019

Contract end date

30 April 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In the winter 2019/20 the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) will be publishing our new Partnership Management Plan (PMP). The PMP brings together and coordinates the aspirations of the many different partners who help contribute towards the purposes of the South Downs National Park. The Plan is the single most important policy document for the National Park. It constitutes our vision, strategic themes and desired outcomes of where we would like to be by 2050. The PMP is not a static document but consists of all the work we will be undertaking over the next five years to look after the National Park. As such, we will be communicating regularly on the progress of work within the PMP.

In light of this, we are commissioning agencies to redesign and redevelop elements of our website to improve the overall user experience in advance of publishing the PMP.

Our website is the digital doorway to the South Downs National Park however, some of the biggest user feedback we get is the difficulty in finding and accessing information about the National Park, whether that's travel information on getting around the National Park or finding activities within the National Park.

Across our communications and engagement work, we endeavour to take internal and external audiences on a journey along a ladder of stewardship. This journey takes our audience from becoming aware of the National Park to understanding and enjoying the Special Qualities of the National Park, to taking an active role in caring for and championing the National Park and the work of the South Downs National Park Authority and our partners. Our website is a critical tool for moving our audience through the ladder.

We are not seeking a whole new redevelopment of the website but for an agency to work within our existing CMS and to build on the existing functionality, therefore we would expect any agency tendering for the design and/or development of the website to have experience in using a WordPress CMS.

Neither are we expecting the agency to create new content or to migrate all existing content.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Osborne

Address

North Street
Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9DH
United Kingdom

Telephone

01730 819214

Email

rebecca.osborne@southdowns.gov.uk