Website Development, Maintenance and Hosting Framework

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

040856-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 72200000, 72210000, 72212480, 72230000, 72240000, 72250000, 72300000, 72400000, 72410000, 72413000, 72415000, 72416000, 72420000, 72421000, 79342000, 79413000

Published tags

award, contract

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27 Aug 2026

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.

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1. Tender notice observed

   24 Mar 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   010807-2025

   Published tags

   tender

2. Award notice observed

   17 Jul 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   040856-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Website Development, Maintenance and Hosting Framework

  Buyer: Highlands and Islands EnterpriseSupplier: Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals)

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £1,086,190Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  040856-2025-FTS 43-1

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  The framework will be awarded for an initial period of 3 year with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 12 months following the Initial Term.

  Published 24 Mar 2025.Open supporting notice 010807-2025
• Recurrence is statedWhole tender

  HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the framework or at the end of the Framework, including any extension period.

  Published 24 Mar 2025.Open supporting notice 010807-2025
• Options are statedLot 1

  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.

  Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 17 Jul 2025.Open supporting notice 040856-2025

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