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Watford Borough Council

AVIT Software - Museum of Watford

IT ServicesCPV 92521100
Value£280k
Deadline3 Aug 2026
Published8 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 Jul 202610 days leftCloses 3 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Omobolaji Oladokun
procurement@watford.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£280ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the IT Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The purpose of this tender is to procure a museum software development specialist to provide full technical, creative and delivery requirements for producing all AVIT Software for the new Museum of Watford.

The contractor’s responsibilities span concept design, detailed design, production, testing, installation, and post‐opening support.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Watford:-Software-package-and-information-systems./D8764XW7N6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/D8764XW7N6

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The purpose of this tender is

The purpose of this tender is to procure a museum software development specialist to provide full technical, creative and delivery requirements for producing all AVIT Software for the new Museum of Watford.

02

The contractor’s responsibilities span concept design, detailed

The contractor’s responsibilities span concept design, detailed design, production, testing, installation, and post‐opening support.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
064322-2026
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