Public Contracts Scotland

Website Development, Maintenance and Hosting Framework

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Awarded
services
Framework agreement
Scotland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Inverness
Contract value
£1,086,190ex VAT
Submissions closed
14 May 2025
Published
16 July 2025

Procurement

Contract period
Until 17 July 2028
~3 years (est.)
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 72415000 World wide web (www) site operation host services
  • 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services
  • 72230000 Custom software development services
  • 72250000 System and support services
  • 72240000 Systems analysis and programming services
  • 72300000 Data services
  • 72400000 Internet services
  • 72416000 Application service providers
  • 72420000 Internet development services
  • 72421000 Internet or intranet client application development services
  • 72212480 Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services
  • 72210000 Programming services of packaged software products
  • 79342000 Marketing services
  • 79413000 Marketing management consultancy services
  • 72410000 Provider services

What happened

Highlands and Islands Enterprise awarded this contract to Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals) worth £1,086,190 on 17 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 17 Jul 2028.

Description

THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE AND AS SUCH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to further develop, maintain and host its suite of websites on the Umbraco content management system. This Framework is being procured for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland (WES), Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) and any other Contracting Authority wholly or partly under the control of, or funded by HIE, WES or ORIC, at any point during the term of this Framework, subject to case-by-case approval by HIE.

These services will be required from 1 August 2025 for an initial period of 3 years (unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework agreement) with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.

Additional information

The total value of the framework over the maximum duration of 4 years will be GBP 1,086,190 (excluding VAT). This is the figure which has been used in II.1.5 & II.2.6.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals)
Award value
£1,086,190
Award date
17 July 2025

Contact

Address
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA

Identifiers

Buyer reference
FTS 043
Notice ID
rls-58-JUL534903
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000791196

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External ID: pcs-ocds-r6ebe6-0000791196 • Added 15 May 2026