Published date: 27 February 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 28 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Network operating system software package - 48214000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£37,787

Procurement reference

Solr search system: Upgrade to v7

Published date

27 February 2018

Closing date

28 February 2018

Contract start date

1 March 2018

Contract end date

1 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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 work is to upgrade the search software used for the Historic England main website from our currently installed version 5 to the most recent version 7.

This work is required to improve the scalability and resilience of the system; to prepare for IMT moving hosting from Claranet to Azure; and as a precursor to incorporating the Archives database of approx. 12m records. Once this work is complete we can index the Archive data and close 3 satellite websites currently used by the Archive.

As part of this work we would also renew our current support which includes 3 system health checks throughout the year.

Award information

Awarded date

28 February 2018

Contract start date

1 March 2018

Contract end date

1 March 2019

Total value of contract

£37,787

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Flax LTD

Address

St John's Innovation Centre
Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Danny Forrest

Address

The Engine House
Swindon
SN22EH
England

Telephone

01793 414047

Email

Danny.forrest@historicengland.org.uk