We are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to maintain our existing site infrastructure and support planning, design and delivery of all future development enhancements and upgrades, including either incorporating the remaining sites or redeveloping on a new instance of Umbraco.

They will therefore be required to have the capabilities and capacity to support us through entire project lifecycles including provision of individual/s who are experienced Umbraco and Microsoft developers.

Not all projects within this framework will be new builds, however, all websites in scope will require further development and maintenance work throughout the framework period. Sites may be added/removed as and when required.

The initial 3 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP350k and GBP450k (excluding VAT), however we anticipate that the total value of services that may be provided under the Framework during its whole term may be up to GBP900k.

The contract will be awarded under a Framework Agreement to a single supplier and under this agreement, no minimum workload is guaranteed. Services will be agreed on an “as required” basis only.

This Framework is being procured for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) own use and on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland (WES) and any other Contracting Authority wholly or partly under the control of or funded by HIE or WES at any point during the term of this Framework (subject to case-by-case approval by HIE).

The Framework will be non-exclusive i.e. HIE and any other Contracting Authority entitled to make use of the Framework each reserves the right, in certain circumstances, to procure out with the Framework, as and when required.

See Tender documentation for full details.