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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Nottinghamshire County Council

Website design & hosting for Inspire, Culture, Learning, Libraries (Midlands)

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£50k
Awarded15 Jan 2016
Published29 Mar 2016
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the IT Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Inspire is the brand name for Culture, Learning, Libraries (Midlands) ? a Community Benefit Society (CBS).

Inspire is a mutual spin-out from Nottinghamshire County Council, which is due to go live in April 2016 as a new organisation with exempt charitable status, delivering cultural, learning and library services under contract with Nottinghamshire County Council; the Skills Funding Agency; the Education Funding Agency and the Arts Council.

Total turnover will be c£14million.

Inspire would like to create a website in order to ?

Create a credible web presence that will act as a first point of contact and a one-stop shop for all partners and stakeholders seeking to utilise and keep up to date with the services offered by Inspire, utilising our developed brand guidelines ?

Present a clear, cohesive and professional image of Inspire ? as a leading arts organisation ?

Showcase our range of activities and events through an easy to navigate, engaging events calendar ?

Provide relevant and current information to a wide audience base, including remote and international customers ?

Provide accessible information for all users in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act and all applicable legislation ?

Embed a sustainable e-commerce and e-booking solution that is easy for the public to use and will deliver increased income across the CBS ?

Provide an effective, visual customer journey that meets the needs of various different users and celebrates the diversity and scale of Inspire?s services ?

Provide a platform for interactive services, e.g. access to the library?s online catalogue The contract will cover: ?

Web design ?

Web hosting ?

Migration of content from the old site, as well as new content creation and user journeys ?

Provision of a Content Management System

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provide relevant and current information to

Provide relevant and current information to a wide audience base, including remote and international customers ?.

02

Provide accessible information for all users in

Provide accessible information for all users in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act and all applicable legislation ?.

03

Embed a sustainable e-commerce and e-booking solution

Embed a sustainable e-commerce and e-booking solution that is easy for the public to use and will deliver increased income across the CBS ?.

04

Provide an effective, visual customer journey

Provide an effective, visual customer journey that meets the needs of various different users and celebrates the diversity and scale of Inspire?s services ?.

05

Provide a platform for interactive services, e.g

Provide a platform for interactive services, e.g. access to the library?s online catalogue The contract will cover: ?.

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Source & provenance
OCID
3d1a09e5-5e45-46ca-8610-2cbd35b7a54c
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
CF1V3-20160329-00001637
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