Published date: 1 March 2024
Last edited date: 1 March 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Education and training services - 80000000
Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000
Location of contract
TW9 4DU
Value of contract
£0 to £1,000,000
Procurement reference
TNA618
Published date
1 March 2024
Closing date
5 April 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
12 August 2024
Contract end date
11 August 2034
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The National Archives is seeking expressions of interest for the digitisation, licensing and publication of the Home Guard Service Records, both from WWII, 1940-45 and in the 1950s. The project will be to digitise, transcribe and publish online the 4 million individual Home Guard service records previously held by the MoD. The contract award will include a commercial licence to publish the images online, (and associated transcription data produced by the project) and to undertake all the required processes to complete this (including such activities as digital image capture and transcription of data, to allow for meaningful searches of the records' online publication), for which TNA will expect a commercial return.
This will be an income contract delivered at nil cost to The National Archives. The Contract Value figures herein represent the estimated anticipated revenue incoming to the supplier from provision of the services.
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Address
RUSKIN AVENUE
RICHMOND
TW94DU
England
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Closing: 5 April 2024, 12pm