Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hie.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
I.1) Name and addresses
Wave Energy Scotland Limited
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: wesprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
I.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Research and Innovation Campus LLP
The Robert Rendall Building, Franklin Road
Stromness
KW16 3AN
UK
E-mail: facilitiesmanagement@orkneycampus.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bing.com/search?q=orkney+innovation+and+research+campus&cvid=fa9bec9c62384a958c3793cc43fc1674&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhAAGEAyBggDEAAYQDIGCAQQABhAMgYIBRAAGEAyBggGEAAYQDIGCAcQABhAMgYICBAAGEAyCAgJEOkHGPxV0gEINjM2
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30475
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Website Development, Maintenance and Hosting Framework
Reference number: FTS 043
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72413000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE AND AS SUCH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to further develop, maintain and host its suite of websites on the Umbraco content management system. This Framework is being procured for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland (WES), Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) and any other Contracting Authority wholly or partly under the control of, or funded by HIE, WES or ORIC, at any point during the term of this Framework, subject to case-by-case approval by HIE.
These services will be required from 1 August 2025 for an initial period of 3 years (unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework agreement) with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 086 190.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72415000
72200000
72230000
72250000
72240000
72300000
72400000
72416000
72420000
72421000
72212480
72210000
79342000
79413000
72410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This framework will support the ongoing evolution of our websites. The key tasks under the framework are:
1.Hosting
2.Transfer of existing websites
3.Website planning, scoping, design and build
4.Aftercare – maintenance, support and upgrades
5.Project management and reporting
6.Code red
7.Usability, accessibility and testing
8.Website sustainability
9.Strategic campaign planning and delivery
10.Metrics and optimisation
The 3-year budget, excluding VAT but inclusive of travel and subsistence, currently available to deliver these services is between GBP 526,000 and GBP 880,200.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Q1 Umbraco and Microsoft Developers
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Q2 Prompt Payment Standard Clause
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Q3 Cyber Security
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Q4 Hosting location – UK servers only
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Q5 Implementation, management and delivery methodology – HOSTING
/ Weighting: 18%
Quality criterion: Q6 Implementation, management and delivery methodology –WEBSITE
/ Weighting: 18%
Quality criterion: Q7 Management and Delivery Team
/ Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion: Q8 Inverness Campus Project
/ Weighting: 12%
Quality criterion: Q9 Fair Work
/ Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion: Q10 Monitoring and Reporting of Community Benefits
/ Weighting: 2%
Price
/ Weighting:
40%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services such as a business need, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). HIE shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Examples of contract modification include but are not limited to:
- To provide for additional services by the original supplier that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement.
- Where services/part of the service provided can be delivered inhouse by HIE/HIE shared IT services and no longer necessitate outsourcing.
- Where changes to available technology mean that one or more of the Contracting Authorities considers that it would benefit from additional Services of a similar character to the Services.
- Where one or more of the Contracting Authorities requires additional Services as a result of changes in Scottish Government policy or as a result of a direction given to them by the Scottish Government.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-010807
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FTS 43
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/07/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals)
33 Lynedoch St
Glasgow
G3 6AA
UK
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 086 190.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The total value of the framework over the maximum duration of 4 years will be GBP 1,086,190 (excluding VAT). This is the figure which has been used in II.1.5 & II.2.6.
(SC Ref:804688)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1463230782
E-mail: inverness@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/inverness-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/07/2025