Published date: 16 December 2016

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: 19 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Library and archive services - 92510000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£190,000 to £240,000

Procurement reference

PI1300537

Published date

16 December 2016

Closing date

19 January 2017

Contract start date

31 March 2017

Contract end date

30 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Parliamentary Archives provides innovative and expert information management, preservation, access and outreach services enabling anyone in the world to use Parliament's records, both now and in the future. The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (the Authority), invite you to submit a tender for the services as detailed in this ITT and the various requirements documents.

The Parliamentary Archives wishes to develop and enhance its capabilities for managing its digital and physical collections, and providing online and onsite services to users, including members of the public, staff and members of both Houses. The planned enhancements include:

• Providing an enhanced online presence and substantially expanded online services to support existing users and encourage new users, and to improve experience for all users;

• Implementing an asset tracking system and improved location management to facilitate future collection moves, as well as ongoing public service operations;

• Providing support for more efficient and effective front and back office procedures;

• Providing improved management information to help inform collections management decisions and service development.

Please see the tender documents for further details. Please note your completed tenders are to be returned no later than 12:00 hours UK time on Thursday 19th of January 2017.


More information

Additional text

The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable.

To access these documents select the tender reference PI1300537 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents.

If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance.

The deadline for clarification questions relating to the ITT is 12:00 hours UK time on Monday 9th of January 2017. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12:00 hours UK time on Thursday 19th of January 2017. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRar.


About the buyer

Contact name

PPCS Business Support

Address

1st Floor
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA
England

Telephone

020 7219 1600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home