Published date: 7 August 2017

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: 5 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Archive services - 92512000

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

FWK1112

Published date

7 August 2017

Closing date

5 September 2017

Contract start date

5 October 2017

Contract end date

4 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Parliamentary audio and video archive provides a unique record of the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament and of a wide selection of committee meetings. The archive is the only complete collection of this material. The scope of this tender covers the bulk of the video collection, held on approximately 49,000 tapes of the Beta family amounting to approximately 90,000 hours in duration.
The Authority requires a Contractor to develop a digitisation plan for this material, as well as storing the collection in a secure, climate controlled facility.

More information

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Additional text

The ITT documents 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 FWK1112 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. 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 noon UK time on Tuesday 5th September 2017. Late tenders will not be accepted. 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.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Parliamentary Procurement & Commercial Service

Address

Westminster
London
London
SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02072191600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk