The National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online one, or both, of the following two Lots of genealogical records relating to public service and the military:
Lot 1: Royal Hospital Chelsea Prize Records, 1720-1899; and
Lot 2: Civil Service Commission: Examination, Tables of Marks and Results.
Potential Suppliers are invited to express interest in the possibility of bidding for Lot 1, Lot 2 or both Lot 1 and Lot 2.
Please see attached document for further details.
This Invitation to Tender is in two Lots. You may submit for Lot 1, or Lot 2, or both. We intend to award under either Lot 1 or Lot 2 (not both), dependent on a combination of the quality of bids received and price. The National Archives reserves the right to decide under which Lot to proceed, at its own discretion, after receipt and evaluation of tender responses.
Lot 1: to appoint a supplier to design, build and maintain throughout the contract terms a web-based facility for archive services to be able to submit applications for Archives Accreditation, and for these applications to be reviewed.
Lot 2: to appoint a supplier:
a. to train a number of staff at The National Archives to be able to design, build, adapt and maintain the forms and processes required for archive services to be able to submit applications for Archives Accreditation, and for these applications to be reviewed, and
b. to provide web hosting for the service throughout the term.
Item: Freestanding acrylic screen - overall height 1600mm x 1400mm wide x 520mm deep. Acrylic portion 1000mm high
Finish: Clear Acrylic - Client choice for frame colour.
Quantity: 40
Delivery Charge: If any to be costed during normal working hours.
Additional: Any additional costs must be expressed including installation. The screen must have been designed for use in a public building for use in a restaurant environment. An image of the proposed screens must be supplied.
Delivery Date: No later than week commencing 7th December 2020
The opportunity will be evaluated on price and whether the supplier will be able to deliver by the 7th of December 2020.
Please provide us with a quote based on the dimensions above and confirm that you can deliver by the 7th of December 2020 and email to procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on Tuesday November 10th 2020.
The National Archives has a requirement for the following technical support services:
Preservica Enterprise Edition Technical Support, including Maintenance Releases and New Version Updates as provided by Preservica.
We require the support services for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 inclusive (i.e. one year).
If you would like further information about Preservica and the support required, please contact:
Ann Keen
Digital Preservation Account Director
Preservica
22 The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3YS
T: +44(0)1235 428 904
E: ann.keen@preservica.com
W: www.preservica.com
Please respond to this requirement (described above) by submitting your proposal to procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on Monday 1 March 2021, specifying your price.
If you have any clarification questions, please submit these to procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on Monday 15 February 2021.
The contract to be awarded to the lowest-priced compliant bid.
The purpose of this procurement process is for The National Archives (TNA) to select a supplier to conduct research into inclusion work, initiatives, projects, and activities being carried out by archives based in the English regions (excluding Greater London).
This tender is intended to support us by developing an equality, diversity and inclusion external challenge approach to Archive Service Accreditation, ahead of shaping the major review of the standard and programme. The aim is to provide the space to capture expert external views on how a specialist standard can support inclusive practice. Specifically, we would like an external challenge which draws in feedback from wider populations than those closely engaged in archives management, looking beyond our immediate community to understand best practice and options for development.
The National Archives has a requirement for the supply and fit out of mobile and static racking in compliance with BS 4971:2017. The form of contract will be JCT Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor's Design.
A summary of the requirement is attached to this notice, and the full tender pack is available on request from procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk
We encourage interested parties to attend a site visit which is being scheduled for w/c August 23rd, and with that in mind we recommend that requests for the tender pack are submitted to us by August 18th at the latest.
Further Competition under CCS Framework RM6068 Technology Products and Associated Services, Lot 2: Hardware and Associated Services.
Objective was to procure a support partner and contract for our current flash storage array hardware, systems and applications.
The National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online Colonial Office, Foreign Office and Overseas Development records relating to twentieth century environmental history. 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.
Environmental History is the study of how humans have interacted with the environment in the past. It encompasses the role of nature through human history in a broad social, political, economic and cultural analysis. This collection of up to 2,367 documents will be an important resource enabling the study of colonial and post-colonial environments in the twentieth century, from 1899 up to the 1990s. The early material addresses popular themes such as imperial forestry, wildlife conservation and national parks, soil conservation, tropical disease research, colonial land tenure, industrial development and agriculture. Later material is drawn from the Overseas Development departments and focuses on development aid in the context of natural resources, energy, population and public health, urbanization, pollution, warfare, human responses to natural disasters, renewable technology and climate.
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please email us at procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm (UK time) on 23 November 2021.
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.
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please email us at procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 23:59 (UK time) 4 April 2022.
The objective of this tender exercise is to procure a supplier to provide a fully managed reliable and efficient Dedicated Internet Network Service for our Public and partner Internet service at its one site based in Kew via Crown Commercial Services Framework RM3808 NETWORK SERVICES 2, LOT 2: LOCAL CONNECTIVITY SERVICES
The National Archives is undertaking a Public Space Programme, redeveloping the public spaces of Q1, its 1977 brutalist concrete archive building in Kew, London. The works being tendered will form a new broadcast studio and supporting spaces on the first floor of Q1 to create a world leading digital learning and production space.
The broadcast space and two supporting production studios are to be acoustically separated from the surrounding space with new glazed and solid partitions and attenuation of services. The existing ceilings are to be removed and replaced with the diversion, rationalisation and adaption of existing services. The spaces will require adaption of the existing VAV air conditioning system and additional cooling, with new AV, lighting and power. New linings and soft furnishings will support room acoustics. Existing floor finishes are to be replaced, and new bespoke and proprietary joinery fitted.
The adjacent circulation space will form an informal study area with new ceilings, floor finishes and joinery. The works include the conversion of an existing study space into a handwashing and locker area with new drainage, domestic water services, extract ventilation, sanitary ware, joinery, floor and ceiling finishes.
The works include mechanical and electrical enabling works to allow for the construction of an adjacent learning space at a future date.
The works are within the public areas of the National Archives. The building is open to the public 9am-5pm, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9am-7pm Tuesday and Thursday, and 11am - 4pm for the first Sunday of each month. The building must remain operational throughout the works. The works area will need to be carefully hoarded to protect adjacent areas from dust and noise. Noisy works that would disrupt nearby reading areas will need to be carried out outside of public opening hours.
Estimated Value of Works:
£900,000 + VAT
Timetable:
We aim to award the contract w/c 16th August 2022.
Mobilisation and Construction should be completed by w/c 13th February 2023.
This will be a restricted procurement, with the five top ranked bidders being invited to participate in the invitation to tender process. Those bidders will be selected using the criteria specified in the attached documentation.
Submissions should be sent to procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by midday on May 6th.