Call for Expressions of Interest: Licensing Opportunity - FO 228
A Contract Award Notice
by THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 10 year
- Value
- £2M-£1M
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 10 Feb 2023
- Delivery
- 01 Sep 2022 to 31 Aug 2032
- Deadline
- 04 Apr 2022 22:59
Concepts
Location
1 buyer
- National Archives Richmond
1 supplier
- Adam Matthew Digital Marlborough
Description
The National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online the records of the Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, China: General Correspondence, Series I, contained in series FO 228. 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. This series contains general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China. In addition to correspondence between the legation, consulates and the Foreign Office, there is correspondence with Chinese authorities, colonial governments, ports, fleets, India, Supreme Court and Foreign Ministries etc. The series also includes correspondence relating to Korea up to 1896.
Award Detail
1 | Adam Matthew Digital (Marlborough)
|
CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Indicators
- Contract is suitable for SMEs.
Other Information
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please email us at procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 23:59 (UK time) 4 April 2022.
Reference
- TNA457
- CF bde0ead0-4a3d-43c0-b93a-55249b5f7bc7