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Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services)
Published 4 Jun 2026
4 Jun 2026
- Primary CPV
-
72000000 *
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Value
- £297,219
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
72 *IT services: consulting, software & supp...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom · UKM83
Contact
Award Criteria
- Price
Related tenders
University of the West of Scotland
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
72000000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: UWS-2025-164
Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security
and compliance risks.
including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline.
Protect the public website as UWS’s primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform.
Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University’s cyber and operational risk appetite.
Full CPV breakdown
- 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Other public body · Education
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 1
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 04 Jun 2026 10:18
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06a149
- Notice ID
- UWS-2025-164
Competition
1
Bids received
1
Bids from SMEs
0
Foreign Bids From E U
1
Foreign Bids From Non E U
1
Electronic bids
Organisations on this notice
Buyer, Central Purchasing Body
Supplier SME
the engine room, 1 bash street, Dundee, DD11NJ, United Kingdom
+44 8001696877
Paisley Sheriff Court
Review Body
St James Street, Paisley, PA3 2HW, United Kingdom
+44 1418875291
Lots (1)
Lot 1
Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security
and compliance risks.
including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline.
Protect the public website as UWS’s primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform.
Provide a secure, stable,...
· Cancelled
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58 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Tender
| Title | Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services) |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support |
| Category | services |
| Description | Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS’s primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University’s cyber and operational risk appetite. |
| Lot › Description | Upgrade of the public website before End of Life to mitigate operational, security and compliance risks. including establishing a predictable, planned, agile development and maintenance pipeline. Protect the public website as UWS’s primary recruitment, brand and statutory-compliance platform. Provide a secure, stable, reliable, modern system aligned to the University’s cyber and operational risk appetite. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Type | price |
| Lot › Has options | No |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › CPV › Description | IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery Location › Description | Paisley, Ayr, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and London |
| Procedure type | limited |
| Procedure | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Covered by | GPA |
| Procurement Method Rationale Classifications › Description | The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive |
| Reason for this procedure | The UWS website is hosted externally due to technical limitations associated with the original design and development of the platform. A strategic decision was made to continue hosting and developing the website off-site under the current operating model, reflecting the architectural and technical constraints of the existing platform. |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Name | Waracle LTD |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | University of the West of Scotland |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | University of the West of Scotland |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | High Street |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Paisley |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM83 |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | PA1 2BE |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Contact › Telephone | +44 1418483110 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | procurement@uws.ac.uk |
| Party 1 › Role › Role 1 | buyer |
| Party 1 › Role › Role 2 | Central purchasing body |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.uws.ac.uk |
| Party 1 › Buyer profile | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.a... |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Body governed by public law |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Education |
| Party 2 › Name | Waracle LTD |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | Waracle LTD |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | the engine room, 1 bash street |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Dundee |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | DD11NJ |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Contact › Telephone | +44 8001696877 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | sme |
| Party 3 › Name | Paisley Sheriff Court |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | Paisley Sheriff Court |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | St James Street |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Paisley |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | PA3 2HW |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Contact › Telephone | +44 1418875291 |
| Party 3 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | University of the West of Scotland |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £297,219 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 22 May 2026 |
Links
| Href | https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-00... |