Software development services

Tender summary

Aalto University (in the following "Customer" or "Aalto University") requests a tender for Software development services. The procurement is divided into three following areas: 1. Content Management Systems (CMS) 2. Design system 3. Custom Software development 1. Content Management Systems (CMS): Aalto University has two main Content Management System (CMS) platforms for websites: Drupal and WordPress. There are currently approximately 20 sites/services on Drupal used by around 2 million users with 20 million page views annually. Aalto University’s WordPress multisite based solution is for ramping up 15 smaller websites. Aalto University needs partner for maintenance and further development tasks of the websites of both platforms. 2. Desing system: Aalto University has a design system that consists of guidelines, reusable components and documentation that help the Aalto University community design and build digital products and services that are on brand, meaning that they look and feel like Aalto. In addition, using the design system ensures that the end result meets technical digital accessibility require-ments (WCAG 2.1 & 2.2 AA standard) and follow best user experience practices. The design system is currently hosted on Aalto servers. Aalto University needs partner for maintenance and fur-ther development tasks of the design system. 3. Custom software development: Aalto University has developed for its own use custom IT software and plug-ins for digital teaching and learning services. Aalto University needs a partner for maintenance and further development tasks of the software and plug-ins and possibly new ones. A potential tenderer can choose to offer their services to one or more of any of these areas. The potential tenderers will be evaluated separately for each of the areas. Only one tenderer will be selected for each category. The same tenderer can be selected for multiple categories. Detailed specifications and requirements are described in the invitation to tender and its annexes. You can find the appendices by logging into the Hanki Service/Supplier portal.

What to check before bidding

• Issued by Aalto University Foundation sr.
• Source notice 525829-2025 on TED.
• Notice published 13 Aug 2025; Tenqual indexed it 13 Aug 2025.
• Deadline listed as 25 Aug 2025.
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