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# AGREEMENT FOR DIGITAL SERVICES

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-digital-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba7b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Provide ongoing website maintenance, technical support and hosting management through an agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA), ensuring the website remains secure, resilient and available. Manage routine maintenance, including software updates, bug fixes, performance optimisation, DNS management and agreed development works. Work collaboratively with the incumbent supplier, where required, to ensure an effective and well-managed transition, including the transfer of source code, documentation, and technical knowledge. Taking part in handover calls and meetings as required, and any auditing to ensure support can be provided.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-national-forest-company-gov-pb415)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £62,300 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-digital-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba7b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07ba7b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-digital-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba7b#tl-md)

## Description
Provide ongoing website maintenance, technical support and hosting management through an agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA), ensuring the website remains secure, resilient and available.
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Manage routine maintenance, including software updates, bug fixes, performance optimisation, DNS management and agreed development works.
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Work collaboratively with the incumbent supplier, where required, to ensure an effective and well-managed transition, including the transfer of source code, documentation, and technical knowledge. Taking part in handover calls and meetings as required, and any auditing to ensure support can be provided.
Plan, design and deliver new website functionality, user journeys and digital services that support organisational priorities, including increasing public engagement, fundraising and supporter conversion.
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Provide strategic advice and innovation recommendations, informed by audience insight, user research and industry best practice, to continually improve the effectiveness of charitable objectives and digital channels.
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Work with the National Forest team to prioritise development requests, balancing business need, user benefit, technical complexity and available budget.
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Develop and maintain integrations with third-party platforms, including (but not limited to) Access Charity CRM, Mapbox, WorldPay, Stripe, Paypal and other business-critical systems.
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Maintain awareness of emerging digital technologies, charitable sector trends and relevant legislation, providing proactive advice on opportunities, risks and regulatory changes, including GDPR and PECR.
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Develop and maintain appropriate analytics, reporting and dashboards to monitor website performance, user behaviour and the effectiveness of digital activity
Apply insight from analytics, user research and testing to continually improve user journeys, increase engagement and optimise supporter conversion.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72212224, 72413000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): [STORY UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/story-uk-limited-coh-sc225146)
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:SC225146`
  - Value: £62,300 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** AGREEMENT FOR DIGITAL SERVICES (active)
  - Signed Value: £62,300
  - Signed Date: 11/11/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F107525-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-12T12:45:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-13T09:35:44.996Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07ba7b
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.