Common Web Platform

Service description

CWP services include patching, disaster recovery, an online code repository and a co-funded development pool for new features and enhancements.

The platform provides parts of the solution while your agency controls:

• the look and feel of your website
• the suppliers of professional services to manage and develop the websites
• the content
• the website’s code
• bespoke development to integrate the website with other systems
• custom features and templates, and
• extensions to functionality as your business needs require.

Delivery

SilverStripe and Revera are contracted to provide the CWP.

SilverStripe deliver and manage the CMS and platform. Revera provides the relevant infrastructure, network and firewall.

Agencies deal directly with SilverStripe and do not sign a contract with Revera.

Service URL

CWP

Benefits

With CWP your agency can use investments already made in technology components, designs and contracts.

The CWP provides:

• tools, versioning, and backups to help your agency comply with the Public Records Act 2005
• base website templates tested for compliance with New Zealand Web Standards
• a platform architecture that′s been through an independent security review
• regular patching and software updates
• software and infrastructure components as–a–service, reducing the risk of poor performance due to ageing software
• a single content management system (CMS) reducing the risk of staff making publishing errors and making it easier for business units to collaborate on content
• reduced legal costs by providing a comprehensive legal contract, which includes financial incentives for providers to meet agreed service levels
• a base install, with website templates and features selected to meet the common requirements of government web projects — allowing websites to be set up with urgency and reduces time for web projects
• advanced tools, including enterprise search and Word Document conversion for use across all CWP websites
• control to develop agency specific websites, without restricting design and functionality
• a fit-for-purpose CMS, making it easy to update and restructure content
• new features and CMS enhancements are made available at no extra cost.

SilverStripe also provide:

• support and assistance to agency staff
• services for agency developers / site administrators
• reporting
• 24/7 service desk and
• an online code repository that allows sharing and reuse of code between agencies.

Roadmap

Features and services are continually improved through a co-funded development pool. The development pool is managed by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) with input from agencies using the platform.

Lead Agency

Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs

Status

Operational

Adopting the service

This agreement expires in September 2021.

Contact marketplace@dia.govt.nz for more information about the replacement programme (Digital Experience Services).

Lead Agency Agreement summary

• Closed Supplier Panel
• Syndicated

Lead Agency Agreement details

DIA as lead agency has entered into a Syndicated Procurement Agreement (Lead Agency Contract) with SilverStripe for the purchase of the Common Web Platform.

Revera provides the infrastructure under a Common Capability ICT Agreement (CC-ICT) with DIA for cross-government Infrastructure as a Service.

The initial 3-year contract began in September 2013 with two 2-year options to renew.

Agencies using the service

1. Airways Corporation
2. AsureQuality Limited (AQ)
3. Auckland DHB
4. Callaghan Innovation
5. Canterbury Regional Council
6. Christchurch City Council
7. Civil Aviation Authority
8. Counties Manukau District Health Board
9. Department Of Corrections
10. Department of Internal Affairs
11. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)
12. Electoral Commission
13. Enable New Zealand
14. Environmental Protection Authority
15. Financial Markets Authority
16. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ)
17. Gisborne District Council
18. Hawke's Bay DHB
19. healthAlliance
20. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
21. Inland Revenue
22. Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)
23. Leadership Development Centre (LDC)
24. Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
25. Ministry for Primary Industries
26. Ministry for the Environment
27. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
28. Ministry of Defence
29. Ministry of Education
30. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
31. Ministry of Health
32. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
33. Ministry of Justice
34. Ministry of Social Development
35. Ministry of Transport
36. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
37. New Zealand Defence Force
38. New Zealand Police
39. New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS)
40. NZ Blood
41. NZ Transport Agency (NZTA)
42. Office of the Privacy Commissioner
43. Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children
44. Otago Polytechnic
45. Parliamentary Counsel Office
46. PHARMAC
47. Real Estate Agency Authority (REAA)
48. Social Investment Agency
49. Southland District Council
50. Sport New Zealand
51. State Services Commission
52. Statistics NZ
53. Tasman District Council
54. Te Puni Kokiri
55. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
56. Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
57. Tertiary Education Commission
58. Thames Coromandel District Council
59. The Electricity Authority
60. Treasury
61. Waikato DHB
62. Waikato Regional Council
63. Whanganui DHB
64. Worksafe New Zealand