Official UK procurement notice
Website Service and Maintenance
Authority: Scottish Natural Heritage
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNatureScot is looking to tender a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Website Service and Maintenance.
- Recurrence: A further procurement exercise may be undertaken prior to expiry of this Contract.
CPV: World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Website Service & Maintenance Contract requires a supplier capable of delivering a…Cancelled
The Website Service & Maintenance Contract requires a supplier capable of delivering a secure, well‑governed, and future‑ready digital service for NatureScot’s Drupal‑based website. The contractor must support an existing website hosted on the Acquia Cloud Professional environment, comprising multiple development and deployment stages, a Drupal 10 content management system, and a multi‑domain architecture with separate budget management responsibilities. The platform features complex content structures, audience segmentation, bespoke layouts, media management, workflows, content retention management, language translation and integrated tools such as Cloudflare, Acquia Web Governance, GitHub, Google Tools suite (Analytics, Tag manager etc.), New Relic, and third‑party penetration testing services. Additional information: Scotland Excel (SXL) will be acting on behalf of NatureScot in the execution of this procurement exercise but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
What 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · A further procurement exercise may be undertaken prior to expiry of this Contract.
- First published
- 21 Apr 2026, 09:21 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 11:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 May 2026 – …
- Authority reference
PP1446- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085296- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0686e3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:842539)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
21 May 2026 → 21 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline154 days ago21 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened154 days ago21 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Notice published43 days ago9 Sept 2026, 11:14 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled9 Sept 2026, 11:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria