Cornwall Development Company- Tenders in Cornwall website Case Study

Cornwall Development Company is the economic development service for Cornwall County Council and its mission is to achieve sustainable prosperity for Cornwall. It co-ordinates and enables partnerships and has helped to develop the economic development strategy for the county.

One of the services provided by Cornwall Development Company is the Tenders in Cornwall website which gives businesses in Cornwall the opportunity to find and bid for contracts within the County.  Registered users can find tenders, bid and set up email alerts for relevant tenders to be sent to them.  Organisations can list their tender opportunities to be viewed by potential bidders.

Services Used

Cornwall Development Company wanted an impartial and independent opinion on the best course of action to take with a rebuild of the current website.  They wanted to keep some of the features available on the current site yet improve the functionality with added reporting ability and improved accessibility.  The overall appearance of the site needed to be updated with the addition of many features to improve the user experience from both business and website administrator perspectives.

Planning Websites

We spent time with Cornwall Development Company discussing the business requirements for the new website and the current problems experienced with both the administrator and user sides of the current site.  We discussed extensively the options available and shared ideas which would improve the user experience and increase the overall usage of the website.   

Once we had gathered a significant amount of information from Cornwall Development Company we produced a Website Requirements Blueprint which contained all of our recommendations. We produced recommendations for website architecture, design, development, content management systems and more in order to give a comprehensive view of all requirements for the new site.

Agency Selection

We created a Technical Specifications document based on the Website Requirements Blueprint. This was then put out to tender by Cornwall Development Company.

Once all of the bids had been received we considered all proposals which met the requirements for the project and submitted our recommendations based on our extensive criteria and review process.

We selected the agency most suited to the project taking into consideration a factors such as suitability to available budget and timeframe, trade body memberships, portfolio and expertise in client’s business sector.

The Outcome

The extensive planning for the required features within the new website enabled us to find the perfect partnership for Cornwall Development Company and the Tenders in Cornwall website.  The time spent defining their e-business needs led to greater accuracy during the tendering process.  Coupled with our comprehensive agency review criteria the service has meant that Cornwall Development Company have formed an efficient and trusted partnership with their developer.