Decision details

The chosen option was for an open tender (option 2); to go out to market seeking open solutions for development. This meant that there was the possibility of a large number of returns but it should allow for a wide range of services and has the largest scope for innovation.

The purpose of this tender was to procure an agreement to supply the services to design, build and support web sites initiated and owned by East Sussex County Council.

Five bids were received, with Connect Internet Solutions’ being judged the most economically advantageous tender at the tender evaluation stage.

It was decided that this single supplier framework should be awarded to Connect Internet Solutions as they achieved the highest score at the tender evaluation stage.

Option 1: PQQ and then price only competition. As the precise range of services that will require pre-qualifying is not known, it is un-wise to exclude any options. A price for this is also not available
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Option 3: Do nothing. This is a costly option as individual suppliers would need to be procured; potentially a different supplier for each site. Would also lead to a lack of continuity between sites.

Option 4: Open tender template based: Market provides template as a platform for microsites; provides strong continuity but will limit the ability to make sites bespoke, will likely to incur high costs and require an upfront investment, which at present is not available.