Official UK procurement notice
Digital development partner and content management system platform implementation
Authority: THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL (Central government)
UK Sport is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide website development services and a headless Software as a Service (SaaS) content management platform. The successful supplier will work with UK Sport to design, develop, implement and support its website and associated digital services, providing a modern, accessible, secure and user-focused solution. The requirement includes the provision and ongoing support of the headless CMS platform, alongside the technical development and associated services required to deliver and maintain the website.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Sport is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide website development services and a headless Software as a Service (SaaS) content management platform.
The successful supplier will work with UK Sport to design, develop, implement and support its website and associated digital services, providing a modern, accessible, secure and user-focused solution. The requirement includes the provision and ongoing support of the headless CMS platform, alongside the technical development and associated services required to deliver and maintain the website.
Further information on the scope of the requirement, deliverables and evaluation process is provided within the Invitation to Tender document.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement will follow a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Stage 1 will involve evaluation and shortlisting of the written tender submissions, with the five highest-scoring Tenderers progressing to Stage 2. Stage 2 will comprise a presentation and clarification session. Stage 1 and Stage 2 will each account for 50% of the final evaluation score. Full details of the process, evaluation criteria and scoring methodology are set out in the ITT.
CPV: World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host services
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single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality of Services: 40%
- Relevant Experience and Track Record: 20%
- Pricing: 20%
- EDI & Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
- Pricing: Pricing criteria (worth 20%) consists of 2 elements: 1. Year 1 implementation costs and delivery costs (10%) 2. Years 2-4 ongoing service and support costs (10%) Please see ITT for full details.
- Quality of Services: Quality of services criteria (worth 40%) consists of 6 elements: 1. Understanding, outcomes and delivery approach (10%) 2. User experience, accessibility and content (10%) 3. Technology, security and architecture (5%) 4. Migration, testing, launch and transition (5%) 5. Governance, collaboration and UK Sport resource (5%) 6. Support and continuous improvement (5%) Please see ITT for full details.
- EDI & Sustainability: EDI & Sustainability (worth 20%) consists of 2 elements: 1. EDI (10%) 2. Sustainability (10%) Please see ITT for full details.
- Relevant Experience and Track Record: Relevant Experience and Track Record (worth 20%) relates to the information provided in 2 case studies which both have an equal weighting of 10%. Please see ITT for full details.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £129,078 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL buys Provider services (CPV 7241), and who usually turns up
THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Provider services (CPV 7241) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14%
2–337%
4–69%
7+40%
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Below estimate71%
Within ±2%29%
Above estimate0%
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Lot #1CPV 7241Published estimate£258k
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1 bid14%
2–337%
4–69%
7+40%
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Where the award price may land.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 13:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 13:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
DIG0911- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106227- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b794Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will follow a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Stage 1 will involve evaluation and shortlisting of the written tender submissions, with the five highest-scoring Tenderers progressing to Stage 2. Stage 2 will comprise a presentation and clarification session. Stage 1 and Stage 2 will each account for 50% of the final evaluation score. Full details of the process, evaluation criteria and scoring methodology are set out in the ITT.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit all tenders to [email protected].
ITT is also shown on www.uksport.gov.uk/about-us/tenders ↗
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed9 Nov 2026, 13:21 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days23 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 32 days11 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 77 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 83 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 13:21 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender Specification
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender