Published date: 15 March 2022

Last edited date: 29 March 2022

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: 4 April 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Communication and multimedia software package - 48500000

  • Software package utilities - 48700000

  • Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 48900000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

ITT

Published date

15 March 2022

Closing date

4 April 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

8 April 2022

Contract end date

1 July 2022

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?

Yes

Description

The project aims to innovate a hyperlocal data platform to sustainably support our economy. The innovation uses local knowledge to assist the local economy. The vision is to create and support a sustainable tourist economy, through delivering key, real-time information promoting safe experiences in a given area.

Since 2010 tourism has been the fastest growing sector in the UK in employment terms. Britain is forecast to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025. In 2018, Cornwall's economy was worth £9 billion a year, of which £1.8bn came from tourism. This equated to 4 million visitors that year alone. During the same year, 26 people died accidentally off the county's coastline. This statistic is based on 2018 figures, prior to Covid-19 and the dramatic increase in UK tourism due to travelling restrictions. May 2020 saw 6 coastal deaths in only 8 days. In August 2020, Cornwall was "largely full to current capacity", according to local police. On one weekend, Devon and Cornwall Police saw a 26% increase in 999 callouts compared with 2019. No platform currently integrates real-time data to inform and educate people on the dangers of our coastline.

To date the project has been through a discovery phase involving a workshop with key stakeholders to explore the requirements for the mobile applications. From this a wireframe clickable prototype was developed in Figma, which shows the interactions and general experience that we are looking for. The wireframe will therefore form a key input into the development of the application, but tenderers should not be limited by this initial design.

We are seeking a software developer to build a publicly available development app for testing over the summer on three Cornish beaches and the surrounding amenities.

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About the buyer

Address

Fentonladock Cottage,Ladock
TRURO
TR24NH
England

Email

tenders@my-coast.com