Provision of Services for the Development, Content migration, Maintenance and Support of a New Website for the Commonwealth Secretariat

The Commonwealth Secretariat (The Secretariat) is an international organisation established by Agreed Memorandum, which is given privileges and immunities under the domestic law of the United Kingdom by the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 (as amended by the International Organisations Act 2005). Under this legislation, the Secretariat is not subject to UK jurisdiction and enforcement. Further information on the Secretariat can be found at: http://thecommonwealth.org/

This status has an impact on some of the standard terms and conditions of contract (see appendix 1). In particular, we draw your attention to our dispute resolution clause, which refers disputes to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitration Tribunal (CSAT). The 8 members of the Tribunal are selected by the Board of Governors and come from Commonwealth member countries. CSAT is located in London, United Kingdom. Information about CSAT, including its governing statute and procedure are available on its website at http://thecommonwealth.org/tribunal.

The Secretariat implements decisions agreed by 54 Heads of Government and Ministers through advocacy, consensus–building, information sharing, analysis, technical assistance, capacity-building, and advice on policy development.

Purpose

The Secretariat wishes to find and appoint a suitable supplier for the Provision of Services for the Development, Content migration, Maintenance and Support of a new website for the Commonwealth Secretariat. The appointed supplier shall be awarded a contract that shall be effective for Two (2) years, with an option to extend for a maximum of up to One (1) years.

See specification in Section 6 – Specification of Requirements for details of the services required. A quick overview is provided below.

Build a new website using industry best practice, user research and stakeholder consultations
Migrate content from the Secretariat’s websites and microsites to the new website Provide development, maintenance and support within a service level agreement for the Secretariat’s current website (until deemed no longer necessary) and new website once it has gone live

Provide a possible hosting environment for the Secretariat’s website (currently, the Secretariat host the majority of our websites in MS Azure.

Invitation to tender (PDF)