Published date: 8 September 2016

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: 23 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£15,180

Procurement reference

CD1181b

Published date

8 September 2016

Closing date

23 September 2016

Contract start date

16 October 2016

Contract end date

30 September 2017

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

Development Phase tasks comprise: 1 Detailed condition assessment of maps identified for both in-house and external digitisation as part of MSS project and development of conservation, digitisation and preservation workflow. 2 Working with Conservation Plan Consultant and SRO Collections Management Team to develop conservation management plan and cost-effective decanting and recanting plan for archives and local studies collections moving from current buildings to The Hold Delivery Phase tasks, if the project secures Round 2 funding, could comprise: 3 Completion and supervision of necessary conservation work on the maps including photographing items before any work is carried out, repairing, cleaning, detaching and flattening, packaging plans for safe transit and repackaging after scanning and recording work done on the CALM database. Carrying out any running repairs identified at the point of scanning. 4 Training and advising staff and volunteers on basic conservation and preservation techniques such as cleaning, and handling of archives during digitisation. 5 Condition assessments and necessary conservation for additional enrichment documents as identified by community groups. 6 Supporting delivery of decanting and recanting plan.

More information

Additional text

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About the buyer

Address

Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
England

Email

michelle.youngs@suffolk.gov.uk

Website

www.suffolksourcing.co.uk