Published date: 12 November 2020

This notice was replaced on 2 February 2021

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

Awarded contract (published 2 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 30000000

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  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

    • Industrial machinery - 42000000

    • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

National Museums Liverpool High-Performance Tabletop Copy System-Digitise Archives&Herbarium She

Published date

12 November 2020

Closing date

8 December 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 January 2021

Contract end date

5 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Supply of a High-Performance Tabletop Copying System to Digitise Collection Archives and Herbarium Sheets

A compact, mobile, fast, flexible, ergonomic and easy to use - high performance table-top copying system is required to image collection archives and herbarium sheets up to A2 size.

A high performance, efficient, user-friendly, A2 tabletop copying system is required to digitise World Museum's diverse collection archives and herbarium sheets. In particular:
• Individual and bound botanical prints and drawings, totalling ca. 3,500 illustrations, dating back to the seventeenth century.
• Our undocumented but very extensive natural science collection related archives. These include irreplaceable registers and stock books, scientific drawings, catalogues, field note- books, diaries, photographs, letters and other unique documentation. Many of which are of high scientific, historic, aesthetic and wider cultural value.
• 370,000+ individual herbarium sheets* (two at a time) with associated data, which are the major component of our internationally important Botany collection
* Dried pressed plants mounted on paper typically A3 in size.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Lindsay

Address

127 Dale Street
LIVERPOOL
L22JH
England

Email

Ian.lindsay@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk