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Strategic Digital Partner for Website and Mobile Applications
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £7,500,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Wed 4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMTClosed.
- Published
- 30 Jan 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
CalMac Ferries operates a business-critical digital platform comprising three public-facing websites (CalMac Consumer, CalMac Corporate, and David MacBrayne Group) and native mobile applications for iOS and Android. This platform is central to delivering ferry services, customer communications, and operational support.
The current solution is built on Umbraco CMS, hosted in Microsoft Azure, and integrates with multiple internal and third-party systems, including booking, messaging, and analytics. It supports real-time service updates, timetables, and customer notifications, and is aligned with CalMac’s Digital North Star roadmap, which aims to create a seamless, data-driven customer experience.
CalMac now seeks a strategic digital partner to provide:
-Ongoing support and maintenance of the existing platform.
-Hosting and infrastructure management within Azure.
-Continuous improvement and iterative enhancements under CalMac’s governance.
-Compliance with security, accessibility, and regulatory standards.
-Capability to deliver future integrations and innovation through structured change control.
The partner will act as a delivery partner, not a strategic owner, ensuring stability, scalability, and resilience while supporting CalMac’s long-term digital vision.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 72000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 30 Jan 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 30 January 2026.
Deadline in this release: Wed 4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 008660-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 2 Feb 2026Award notice
Award notice published 2 February 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 008845-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-061382
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Sat 4 Apr 2026, 01:19 BST
- Read at
- Fri 16 Oct 2026, 23:13 BST
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