Visit Kent - Website Design, Development and CMS re-platforming

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Description Visit Kent is one of the UK’s leading Destination Management Organisations (DMO). The company has helped to turn Kent tourism into a £3.4bn industry that supports more than 67,000 jobs. Kent welcomes more than 58 million visitors. Visit Kent is recognised by the two upper tier local authorities, Kent County Council and Medway Council, as well as the 12 district councils and the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The current digital estate was launched in 2012/13. The websites are now dated and the content management system that delivers them is no longer fit for purpose. Visit Kent has a requirement to adopt a new CMS solution onto which its suite of websites can be re-platformed. The design and functionality of the sites will also be redeveloped so that they can meet the needs of users better. This project will commence at the start of October 2016, with phased delivery from February to March 2017. The budget is in the region of £50,000 this does not include hosting, support and maintenance. If you are interested in submitting a response to the brief, please request an information pack from: Jim Dawson, Digital Project Manager, Visit Kent Jim.dawson@visitkent.co.uk Agencies must complete a Pre-qualification questionnaire in the first instance and then submit a response to the brief. Responses will be evaluated and a shortlist of bidders invited to present their ideas and approach. Bids must be submitted to Visit Kent (following the instructions in the information pack) by Monday 26th September 2016 Notes: (a) Ashford Borough Council are alerting the market to this opportunity on behalf of Visit Kent. Please contact Visit Kent using the instructions above for the information pack. (b) Your registration of interest on the portal will NOT be used to issue you with an Information Pack. Keywords: CMS re-platforming, Development, Website Design