Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B19 3SD
Contact
Charlene Joseph
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG31 - Birmingham
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Website Host & Maintenance Provider
Reference number
2021-WMGC-0109
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The services required for annual website hosting and maintenance can only be fulfilled by a specific agency - Simpleview - who have sole access to Visit Birmingham's back end infrastructure and CMS/DMS. Each year we pay Simpleview, our website provider, hosting and maintenance costs for the running of our core leisure tourism channels visitbirmingham.com/meetbirmingham.com and makeitwm.com - this is a service that can solely be done by them, as they alone have access to the IT systems and infrastructure that is required to fulfil this service. This could not be outsourced to a 3rd party provider. Hosting and maintenance of visitbimmingham.com/meetbirmingham.com and makeitwm.com.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £47,454
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD72 - Liverpool
Main site or place of performance
As the crow flies from B19 post code.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The below is the detailed breakdown of the annual hosting agreement.
Destination Management System Core Components
• Visitor Information Module (Product Management System)
• Visitor CRM Module
• Customer Support
• DMS Hosting
• Address Lookup Software
Enterprise Content Management System
• Main Tourism Website
• Additional or Tourism Essentials
• Customer Support for CMS Editors
Web Hosting
HTTPS
• SSL certificate
Web Modules
• Survey Builder
• Banner Ad Management System
• Blog
DMS Modules
• Event submission and approval module- enhanced
Widgets
• Trip Advisor Widgets- Accommodation
• Trip Advisor Widgets- each additional product type
Booking Options
• Live availability from online travel agencies (polling)
• Guestlink + Live availability from property management systems incl. styling of availability grid
•
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
West Midlands Growth Company Ltd have directly award the contract to Simpleview due to the nature of the service required and inline with principles set in PPN01/20 where direct award is permissible due absence of competition and protection of exclusive rights under Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR which allows for sole supplier sourcing through use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used and this request also falls within Regulation 32 (5) delivery of services by an existing supplier to where competition is absent due
to technical reasons. In the case of this procurement competition is absent and only one supplier can provide the expertise required to produce the product or has capacity to complete on the scale required. The protection of exclusive, including the intellectual property rights, the current supplier owns those rights and has the exclusive right to exploit the intellectual property to the rights and WMGC is seeking to directly award for the services with the nominated contractor.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
2021-WMGC-0109
Title
Website Host & Maintenance Provider
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 November 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Mind Internet Consultancy Limited Limited (T/A Simpleview Europe)
Langtons Chartered Accountants, The Plaza, 100 Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9QJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG3 - West Midlands
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £47,454
Total value of the contract/lot: £47,454
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Commercial Working Group
16 Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3SD
Country
United Kingdom