Published date: 28 January 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 21 January 2022, 12:01am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Networking, Internet and intranet software package - 48200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£2,874,850 to £5,100,000

Procurement reference

tender_294151/1037089

Published date

28 January 2022

Closing date

21 January 2022

Closing time

12:01am

Contract start date

24 January 2022

Contract end date

23 January 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Natural England's (NE) priorities for 2020 to 2025 are in supporting the government's 25 Year Environment Plan and aims for people connected to the natural environment for their own and society's wellbeing, enjoyment and prosperity. To support this Natural England (working with Natural Resources Wales) provides a website allowing citizens to find and plan trail walks in England and Wales:
Find your perfect trail, and discover the land of myths and legend - National Trails
The National Trails website is an established and well used website with circa 1.5 million unique users annually. Not only does it provide the public with information on trail routes but also on facilities, inspiration and events to better enable them to access and enjoy the trails.

NE anticipate on-going development requirement under this new agreement will be minimal, there will be a need for specific development support during the period Jan to March 2022. This will primarily be to implement necessary changes to ensure the website meets government accessibility requirements and to create some additional functionality/features on the website platform. In addition there will be the need to regularly add mapping information on new stretches of the England Coast Path National Trail, possibly every month.

Requirement is for hosting, maintenance, development and content management support for the National Trails website.

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Award information

Awarded date

24 January 2022

Contract start date

24 January 2022

Contract end date

23 January 2023

Total value of contract

£2,874,850

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Big Blue Door Ltd

Address

2, CHURCH STREET, BURNHAM, SLOUGH SL1 7HZ United Kingdom

Reference

Companies House number: 07958927

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Natural England
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England

Telephone

00

Email

Supplier.enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk