II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE32
Main site or place of performance:
Sheffield
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Front-end design and development services to enhance the university's websites, digital services and underlying design
system. We expect this to include some or all of the following :
• Support the design or improvement of small-scale web interfaces and templates, including
prototyping and testing. The successful supplier will take an active role in developing and
maintaining our design system, with input into the purpose of and rationale behind its
constituent parts.
• Provide consultancy on larger design and development projects, participating in discovery,
definition and design activity such as stakeholder and user interviews, journey mapping and
cross-function design critiques
• Support future-proofing and ongoing compliance of design system through scheduled
review processes, and through sharing new approaches, technologies and compliance needs
with senior managers from Recruitment, Comms and Marketing (RCM) and Digital
Technology Services (DTS).
• Supply standardised, front-end code to support design and functionality changes, working
closely with back-end developers.
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• Provide a range of UX design and/or technical design options for each project, according to
project needs.
• Provide clear documentation for all front-end design and development work to support
transparency and continuity across the University's web services.
• Provide full access to final code and design files, to ensure the University can self-manage
outputs.
• Collaborate with University teams through University-managed work management
systems, to be agreed at initiation stage of each project. These include Jira, Git and DevOps.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Portfolio
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Design
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Transparency
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Capacity
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Ways of working
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Standards
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
25
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Contract will commence in January 2024, initially for a period of 2 years, with a total anticipated duration of 5 years (2 + 2 + 1).
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No