Published date: 6 November 2017

Last edited date: 6 November 2017

This notice was replaced on 8 January 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 16 January 2018, last edited 16 January 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

TW9 4DU

Value of contract

£150,000 to £200,000

Procurement reference

TNA141

Published date

6 November 2017

Closing date

13 November 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

30 November 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

This document is an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the supply of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) services to TNA.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software will be applied to all documents where possible to enable deep text searching (i.e. all typed material).

OCR output will be provided in the language of the source document.

We expect that there will be a proportion of English language handwritten records within the series that has been chosen for inclusion. In addition, certain records or images within records may contain partial or complete Arabic script.

This OCR tender involves the processing of up to an estimated 500,000 images. These images are spread across 4,870 pieces.


More information

Attachments

  • FAQ.pdf
  • Clarifications to bidders questions
  • FAQ Document

About the buyer

Address

Kew
Richmond
TW9 4DU
England

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk