Published date: 6 March 2024

Last edited date: 13 March 2024

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.


Closing: 11 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Library software package - 48160000

  • Educational software package - 48190000

    • Software package suites - 48422000

    • IT software package - 48517000

    • Storage management software package - 48782000

Location of contract

S10 2TN

Value of contract

£120,000 to £130,000

Procurement reference

IT-40-3537-4056/IT/LN/24

Published date

6 March 2024

Closing date

11 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2028

Contract type

Service 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?

No

Description

The University of Sheffield Library is looking to procure a Digital Preservation System to support the long term preservation of our digital assets.

It seeks the procurement of a system that can provide a digital repository with in-built applications that perform a number of functions across the digital curation lifecycle such as ingest, storage, monitoring, preservation actions (including normalisation and migration)and access.

The Library is committed to provide assurance that information of long-term value to the University will be managed in a way that ensures preservation of the following attributes:

Accessibility - the ability to access the data over the period of time required
Integrity - the data is complete and unaltered
Authenticity - what the data purports to be
Reliability - trusted contents which accurately reflects the output of a transaction
Usability - can be located, retrieved, presented and interpreted

Additional information regarding the requirements can be found after expressing interest in the opportunity and reviewing the ITT document.

Deadline for Submissions: 22/03/2024 at 12pm
Deadline for Clarifications: 15/03/2024 at 12pm

More information

Links

Additional text

Please apply for this opportunity via the University of Sheffield's In-tend supplier portal.

URL:https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/aspx/Tenders/Current

Delivery Notes

See relevant documentation for this opportunity via the Supplier Portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/aspx/Tenders/Current)

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Liam Norburn

Address

Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
United Kingdom

Telephone

011421 57578

Email

l.norburn@sheffield.ac.uk