How to win: Website redesign and redevelopment

About this contract

Capital City College (CCC) wishes to procure the services of a website redevelopment contractor to research, design, build and launch a new college website that becomes the college’s most effective recruitment, information and self-service channel. It is intended that the new website should be live ASAP and no later than 30.09.2027. The initial fixed term of the contract will include 12 months maintenance. Subject to satisfactory performance and agreement of rates the maintenance of the contract may be extended for a further four years in annual increments as agreed between the parties up to a maximum term ending no later than 30 September 2032 to support longer term partnerships. The budget for the development of the new website is £250,000 including VAT. This covers Year 0 costs only, including design, build, migration, testing and launch, and excludes all hosting, CMS and other software licences, support and maintenance costs. All hosting, CMS and other software licence costs, including any licences required during development, must be priced separately as Year 1 costs. Support and maintenance (SLA) costs must also be priced separately as Year 1 costs. These costs must not be in

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Capital City College scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £400,000, 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 27 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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