Published date: 20 December 2019

Last edited date: 20 December 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.


Closing: 24 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£62,500

Procurement reference

tender_228501/824463

Published date

20 December 2019

Closing date

24 January 2020

Contract start date

9 March 2020

Contract end date

14 September 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Arts Council England (ACE) and Historic England (HE) are working in partnership to seek a supplier to undertake an investigation and options appraisal on providing for the long-term storage and curation of archaeological archives in England.

The overarching aim of this work is to understand how the museum and wider archaeological sector can be best supported to ensure a sustainable model for providing future capacity for archaeological archives.

Specifically, this research and options appraisal will explore what capacity already exists, its effectiveness, identify the different potential models for meeting future capacity needs and their relative merits, and provide broad estimates of the level of resourcing that might be required to ensure their sustainability.

This work will inform the strategic response to the specific recommendations in the Mendoza Review of Museums that addressed this issue. It will inform thinking about future strategies and potential interventions whether through extending current provisions or introducing new approaches.

It is anticipated that this will be undertaken through a review of existing research and evidence, targeted consultation and new research and assessment.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in this opportunity, the procurement documents are available, free of charge, at:

https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html

About the buyer

Contact name

Zobair Mehmood

Address

21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury,
London
WC1B 3HF
England

Telephone

0161 934 4495

Email

procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk

Website

www.artscouncil.org.uk