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INVITATION TO TENDER: redevelopment and monthly hosting and maintenance of Challenge Works websites
5 August 2025
What are we commissioning?
We are looking for an experienced website developer that can help redevelop and manage our current website and prize microsites, providing a more robust solution to the creation of prize microsites that isn’t restricted by fixed templates, and can be made bespoke to each prize.
About Challenge Works
Challenge Works run challenge prizes that attract innovators to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. We are part of the UK’s innovation foundation, Nesta.
Challenge Works unearths innovations to solve problems that matter. We focus on improving health, climate adaptation and mitigation, and social inclusion. We believe in big ideas. Bold thinking. Creative problem-solving. We believe that great things happen when people come together. That, given the right support, unexpected ideas truly can change the world.
Requirements/responsibilities
- The redesign and redevelopment for Challenge Works websites – creating a bespoke CMS that allows Challenge Works team members to easily adapt and build branded websites.
- You shall provide ongoing technical support and maintenance for Challenge Works’ main website (challengeworks.org) and prize microsites. You will provide a guarantee of response within one business day of requesting support. Resolution time will vary depending on the complexity and severity of the issue reported.
- Perform an analysis of issues reported by Challenge Works and provide a fix within the time frame detailed below
- Ad-hoc development – assist with site development as requested by Challenge Works
- Provide proactive alerts for any major outages or compromises
- As part of the build the site will be externally audited to conform to wcag 2.2 AA standard for all coded elements. Adherence to this standard will be part of our acceptance criteria for the build and ensure the site maintains compliance with accessibility standards.
How to apply
Please download the invitation to tender for full details.
How to respond
We are looking for written proposals and quotations from potential suppliers to provide specialist website development and maintenance support. Please provide adequate evidence of relevant past work and experience via case studies, as well as key information on team members who would be working on this project.
Deadline for submissions
Written responses to the ITT, outlining your proposals including all supporting documentation should be emailed, as a single PDF document plus the gsheet/excel pricing template, to [email protected] by no later than 8am on Tuesday 26th August 2025.