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

University of the West of Scotland · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 04:27.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Waracle LTD

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£297.2k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 May 2026
Award ID
052625-2026-UWS-2025-164-1
Status
active
Location
Dundee, UK, DD11NJ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • 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.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
UWS-2025-164
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
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.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Delivery Location

Description
Paisley, Ayr, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and London

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University of the West of Scotland
Id
GB-FTS-5147

Identifier

Legal Name
University of the West of Scotland

Address

Street Address
High Street
Locality
Paisley
Region
UKM83
Postal Code
PA1 2BE
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 1418483110

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
09
Description
Education
Organisation 2
Name
Waracle LTD
Id
GB-FTS-182167

Identifier

Legal Name
Waracle LTD

Address

Street Address
the engine room, 1 bash street
Locality
Dundee
Region
UK
Postal Code
DD11NJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 8001696877

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
Paisley Sheriff Court
Id
GB-FTS-133005

Identifier

Legal Name
Paisley Sheriff Court

Address

Street Address
St James Street
Locality
Paisley
Postal Code
PA3 2HW
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 1418875291

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
052625-2026-UWS-2025-164-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-182167
Name
Waracle LTD

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
052625-2026-UWS-2025-164-1
Award ID
052625-2026-UWS-2025-164-1
Status
active
Date Signed
22 May 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
297,219
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Paisley · UKM83 · PA1 2BE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 047909-2026award, contract ·
  2. 052625-2026award, contract ·