Published date: 27 November 2018

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: 13 December 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Digital mapping services - 71354100

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

    • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

    • Market research services - 79310000

    • Economic research services - 79311400

    • Social research services - 79315000

    • Library, archives, museums and other cultural services - 92500000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP361095643

Published date

27 November 2018

Closing date

13 December 2018

Contract start date

7 January 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As part of the CiD report, The National Archives are working with culture sector representatives to develop a new strategic approach to the digitisation and presentation of cultural objects, for example, looking at the common standards needed to make our nation's great cultural assets more interoperable, discoverable and sustainable. The Strategic review of DCMS-Sponsored museums and the wider-reaching Mendoza review of museums also flagged the opportunities digitisation and online access to museum collections offer.
DCMS wish to produce a tool to map online collections in England. This will allow connections to be drawn thematically or otherwise between related collections and objects, for gaps to be identified in where digitisation activity has taken place and to what standard, and for the public to understand better the collections held by institutions.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Vicky Bevan

Address

100 Parilament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
UK

Telephone

02072116000

Email

commercial@culture.gov.uk