Published date: 11 October 2022

Last edited date: 10 January 2023

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


Closing: 29 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SN2 2EH

Value of contract

£20,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

IT-514-75-P/REF 00000075 - AWARD

Published date

11 October 2022

Closing date

29 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 October 2022

Contract end date

13 October 2023

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The aim of this project is to investigate potential costing models for the transfer/deposition of archaeological archives with collecting museums/repositories.
At present, most repositories charge on the basis of the number of storage units being delivered. That includes boxes of documents, sheets of drawings and boxes of material archive (finds). A recent survey of charging policies (Vincent 2017) shows that there is a good deal of variability in how much is charged per unit however, from around £20 to £300, while some museums still do not charge at all.
Plans are now being made for a national archaeological archive store and resource centre, which will have to sustain itself on income from archive transfers and it is therefore important that a robust costing model is put in place.
This project will investigate alternatives to charging for individual archive units (for instance charging a percentage of the overall project cost) and also determine the optimum charge that should be made for an individual archive unit, were that model to be adopted.
The main product will be a report that summarises the range of possible charging models, describes their strengths and weaknesses and makes recommendations accordingly.

Award information

Awarded date

11 October 2022

Contract start date

13 October 2022

Contract end date

13 October 2023

Total value of contract

£27,304

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Sam Paul Heritage

Address

141 Leach Green Lane, Rednal, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B45 8EL

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Sheena Charrett

Address

Firefly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom

Telephone

07818422119

Email

Sheena.Charrett@HistoricEngland.org.uk