Published date: 15 January 2020

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: 17 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Storage and retrieval services - 63121000

  • Archiving services - 79995100

  • Records management - 79996100

    • Scanning services - 79999100

    • Library and archive services - 92510000

    • Archive services - 92512000

    • Archive destruction services - 92512100

Location of contract

MK42 9AP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BBC CE 00973

Published date

15 January 2020

Closing date

17 February 2020

Contract start date

1 May 2020

Contract end date

30 April 2025

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

Bedford Borough Council (the Authority) hosts a shared service for records management for the three unitary authorities in Bedfordshire - Bedford Borough Council (BBC), Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) and Luton Borough Council (LBC). This service is known by the name of Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service. Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service will act as the liaison between the Authority and the Contractor for the purposes of this contract.

Until 2002 Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service stored all material in its own storage areas. Since 2002 the service has supplemented its own storage capacity with external storage provided by an established storage company.

The Contractor will be responsible for providing the external records storage facility.

More information

Links

Additional text

Full tender details are available via Bedford Borough Council's procurement portal (In-Tend) - available at:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bedford

All tenders must be submitted via the electronic procurement portal.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Farlow

Address

Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
MK42 9AP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01234276260

Email

Paul.Farlow@bedford.gov.uk