Published date: 23 August 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: 23 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • World wide web (www) site design services - 72413000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£450,000

Procurement reference

tender_176821/794178

Published date

23 August 2019

Closing date

23 September 2019

Contract start date

2 January 2020

Contract end date

2 January 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the Arts Jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The Arts Jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE's developmental role.

As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall:

- develop a new Arts Jobs and Arts News website (the "Website"),
- host and provide support for the Website;
- provide ongoing development of the Website as agreed with ACE during the term of the Contract;
- moderate the content posted by users on the Website;
- ensure ACE's pricing policy for the Website is correctly applied;
- manage the Twitter account for ArtsJobs; and
- provide an automated marketing email service.

ACE estimate the value of the contract for a 8 year period is likely to be between £440,000 and £750,000 pounds sterling.

More information

Additional text

To access the tender documentation you must log-in and download from the eSourcing portal. The link is provided below:

https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html

About the buyer

Contact name

Zobair Mehmood

Address

Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury,
London
WC1B 3HF
England

Telephone

0161 9344317

Email

procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk

Website

www.artscouncil.org.uk