Published date: 11 June 2019

Last edited date: 11 June 2019

This notice was replaced on 1 November 2019

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

Awarded contract (published 1 November 2019)

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

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

    • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

Location of contract

TW94DU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

TNA232

Published date

11 June 2019

Closing date

19 July 2019

Contract start date

19 August 2019

Contract end date

18 August 2029

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

The purpose of this Procurement Process is for The National Archives (TNA) to select a Supplier to digitise and to publish online the Foreign Office records of Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, in a collection provisionally titled: Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan: from the Silk Road to Soviet Rule, 1800-1922. The contract award will include a commercial licence to publish online digital images and associated metadata, and a requirement to fund and undertake all the necessary activities to make that possible - including conservation, digital image capture, transcription of data to allow for meaningful searches of the records, and online publication.
TNA expects that this contract will comprise a licence to publish the records online for a period of ten years with potential options to renew.
TNA expects that the appointed Supplier will deliver the contract at nil cost to TNA, and will also deliver a royalty return to TNA during the contract period, in consideration for the licence to publish the Collection

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About the buyer

Address

Kew
Richmond
TW94DU
England

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk