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Website Services RfI

Buyer: CADENT GAS LIMITED →

BuyerCADENT GAS LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published3 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Cadent Gas Limited is seeking market insight to support the future replacement of its corporate website platform and associated content management capabilities. The current website is approaching contract renewal and presents several operational, technical and governance challenges that restrict the organisation's ability to manage content efficiently, maintain digital agility and deliver an optimal customer experience. This Request for Information (RfI) is intended to understand the capabilities available within the market, including website platforms, content management systems (CMS), hosting models, support services, security controls, accessibility features, integration capabilities and future digital innovation opportunities. Responses will be used to inform Cadent's procurement strategy and any subsequent sourcing activity. A key objective of this market engagement is to better understand the most appropriate future sourcing model. Cadent seeks supplier views on whether the required services are best delivered through: • A single supplier providing an end-to-end managed service. • Multiple specialist suppliers delivering discrete service components. • A hybrid model combining a lead supplier with specialist partners. i.e platform and hosting + independent developers Suppliers are encouraged to provide recommendations regarding the benefits, risks, governance considerations and commercial implications associated with each approach.

Categories

Graphic design services 79822500

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Sept 2027 to 31 Aug 2030

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Graphic design servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Graphic design services (79822500); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7913,7404 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer10420 median · 420 average (1 of 10 with a bid count)12 average (1 of 10 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Please email box.ITandCorporateServicestenders@cadentgas.com to receive the RfI documentation. This will include all the information required to submit your response.engagement4 Sept 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d994
Latest release ID073007-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 03 2026 08:31:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Aug 2026planning073007-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
3 Aug 2026 · 073007-2026 · planning
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