Provision of a Tourist Destination Website for Hampshire

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Hampshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the provision of a Tourist Destination Website for Hampshire. HCC wish to invite companies to tender for the design, build, development, hosting and maintenance of the Visit Hampshire website. For indicative purposes the budget for this is forecast as £30,000 for the initial build, plus there will be further budget for on-going services for each year of the contract e.g. website hosting, support and maintenance, SEO, licence fees etc. Additional budgets above what has been stated will be dependent on work commissioned from other organisations and available funding streams. The contract will commence on 31st March 2016 and will be for a period of 3 years plus a 2 year extension (3+1+1). Subject to satisfactory performance, Hampshire County Council may consider extending the contract on a year by year basis to have a final expiry date of March 2021. Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) together with any supporting information requested by 17.00 hrs on Friday 10th July 2015. How to obtain the PQQ The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs – ‘Tender’, 'PQQ - documents', ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ & ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (PQQ) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view / download the documents. Further Guidance In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender – download & upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons. It is intended to issue successful applicants with tender documents in late July. The deadline for submission of tender responses will be early September 2015. Receiving Notification Emails To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tend.co.uk` to your Safe Senders list.