Migration and Support of the UWS Website (Web Hosting Services)

A Contract Award Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £297K

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 04 Jun 2026
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Related Terms

Location

Paisley, Ayr, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and London

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

West of Scotland University Paisley

1 supplier

Waracle Dundee

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.

Award Detail

1	Waracle (Dundee) Reference: uws-2025-164 Num offers: 1 Value: £297,219 Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

PRICE

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Indicators

Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

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.