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Published 2 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Agency to Design and Deliver a New Website and Content Management System

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£273,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Get Swarms Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Digital Agency to design and deliver a new public facing corporate website and to supply a user-friendly Content Management System (CMS).

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Digital Agency must have the technical capability to interface with the Assembly…Awarded

The Digital Agency must have the technical capability to interface with the Assembly Commission's in-house applications that provide content to the website via a series of methods, including Rest API.

The Digital Agency will commit, through the delivery of a new website and CMS, to improving and upgrading the Assembly Commission's digital presence, making the website more user centred, easier to navigate and visually appealing. This will also lead to better public engagement and ensure compliance with statutory/regulatory accessibility requirements.

Web accessibility is essential, and the Digital Agency as a minimum, ensure that all individuals, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, can navigate and interact with online content effortlessly. Full compliance with WCAG to an appropriate standard will be an essential aspect of the project. Additional information: Contract performance will be monitored on an ongoing basis by both the Assembly Commission's Contract Manager and CCS. Any issues with performance will be managed by the Contract Manager on an ongoing basis with any unresolved issues escalated to the Procurement Office. The supplier must provide monthly performance data against the agreed KPIs.

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Parliament Buildings, Belfast
Extensions: Optional 12 month extension

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
Last source update
2 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
Authority reference
RM1043.8
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079121
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
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Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This procurement was run using a further competition from the CCS Digital Outcomes 6 framework. The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission complied with the Public Contracts. Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision and provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: This was a further competition call-off contract under CCS framework RM1043.8 Digital Outcomes 6. All MoSCoW options were taken up by the Assembly Commission.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £273,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Get Swarms LimitedSME£273,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 079121-2025-1 · Get Swarms LimitedSME

    Signed
    27 Nov 2025
    Value
    £273,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Parliament Buildings, Ballymiscaw Stormont, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT43XXContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended.Review body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Get Swarms Ltd.Awarded supplierGB-COH: PVXT-9517-WRHT 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, UK, N1 7GU

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.