How to win: Electronic Committee Management System (ECMS).

About this contract

Caerphilly County Borough Council invites tenders for the provision, implementation, support and maintenance of a comprehensive Electronic Committee Management System (ECMS). The Council requires a modern, secure, cloud-hosted solution to support the administration and governance of democratic services and committee management activities. The solution must facilitate the efficient creation, management, publication and archiving of committee agendas, reports, minutes, decisions and associated meeting documentation. The Council requires a fully bilingual (English and Welsh) system that supports the needs of elected Members, officers and the public whilst ensuring compliance with Welsh Language Standards, accessibility requirements, data protection legislation and recognised security standards. The solution should provide functionality including, but not limited to: • Committee, meeting and calendar management. • Agenda, report and minutes production workflows. • Decision and action tracking. • Public-facing committee information and publication portal. • Secure Member and officer access via desktop, tablet and mobile devices. • Bilingual content management and publication. • Electron

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Caerphilly County Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £200,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 11 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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