Published date: 1 November 2019

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


Closing: 9 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

TW94DU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

TNA231

Published date

1 November 2019

Closing date

9 April 2019

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

30 June 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 National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online Foreign Office records relating to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Persia. The contract award would include a commercial license to publish online digital images and associated metadata, and a requirement to undertake all the necessary activities to make that possible - including conservation, digital image capture, use of metadata to allow for meaningful searches of the records, and online publication. 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.

For over a century, from 1800 to the 20th century, this region was the subject of a fierce struggle for supremacy between the British and Russian Empires, the outcome of which continues to shape modern geopolitics. This nineteenth-century 'cold war' was called the Great Game and it offers fascinating insights into the state of the region today. This collection of 351 documents - mainly bound volumes - will be an important resource enabling the study and understanding of a region that has long been contested by Great Powers. It will include the full set of Foreign Office volumes titled 'Proceedings in Central Asia'. The new 21st century 'silk road', sponsored by China, suggests that interest in this region will continue to increase not only in current affairs but also as an academic field of study.

If this opportunity is of interest to you, please email us at procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on 9 April 2019.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Licensing Opportunity - Central Asia, Afghanistan and Persia: from Silk Road to Soviet Rule

  • Opportunity
  • Published 27 March 2019

Award information

Awarded date

9 August 2019

Contract start date

24 October 2019

Contract end date

23 October 2029

Total value of contract

£250,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ADAM MATTHEW DIGITAL LIMITED

Address

London Road
MARLBOROUGH
Wiltshire
SN8 2AG
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 05960030

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Kew
Richmond
TW94DU
England

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk