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PROCAT is a bespoke service which was commissioned by The National Archives (TNA) in 1999\2000. It was built to catalogue public records, to provide an end-to-end service for both staff involved in cataloguing records, and for the public searching TNA's online catalogue via our public website. A service (SAR) controlling access based on PRA principles, was added soon afterwards. Although the public catalogue access is now supplied by the Discovery service, PROCAT and SAR are still in use every day for preparing descriptions of newly accessioned paper records and revising descriptions and access to existing TNA paper records. ("Paper" here stands for any records not born-digital). The service is built with components (web pages, search engine, SQL database and batch processes) of that era which have lasted well. However, many elements are now obsolete and are increasingly incompatible with any modern servers used to provide the service. There are significant risks due to this technology: That the service may fail catastrophically (=not recoverable) at any time. Continued operations pose a cyber security risk due to use of insecure browser technology. TNA has already commissioned a discovery process to detail the problem areas and outline a route to a transitional architecture which will partly replace those obsolete and cyber risk components. The aim is to provide a stable service prior to complete replacement. This avoids both the risks inherent in a "big bang" complete replacement project and maintains the service while other elements of the successor architecture are defined. TNA now wishes to identify a delivery partner to deliver the transitional architecture. In summary these are: Improve data ingest for large scale data loads ("accessioning") and large-scale access control ("change Open\Closed status") Replace Active X based activation of an XML editing tool for markup Replace an obsolete search engine used for detailed search of the existing catalogue by inhouse ("TNA staff") users
£500,000
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Join us on 1st November 2023 from 12pm at The National Archives to find out about our digital procurement opportunities, meet the digital service team, and to learn about the skills and expertise we're looking for to help us deliver our world-leading digital services. There will be formal presentations, lunch and breakout sessions where you can informally chat to representatives of the digital services provided by The National Archives. You can join the presentations virtually if you cannot attend in person - just let us know. Do you have any or all of these skills? User research Front end development Interaction and content design The design and build of digital services Developing search Support for Cloud applications and hosting management DevOps Experience with any of the following: XML and XML databases, Akoma Ntoso, HTML-5, JSON, RDF and SPARQL, Drupal, Java, Javascript, CSS, X-Query, XSLT, RESTful APIs, data visualisation technologies Data Analysis Business development Cyber Security Editing and typesetting Commercial publishing To register, please email legislation@nationalarchives.gov.uk by midday on Monday 23rd October 2023, letting us know the names of your proposed attendees, which of the opportunities you are interested in, and the areas of expertise which you can offer. Details on some of the specific opportunities coming up are described in the document attached to this notice.
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Join us on 1st November 2023 from 12pm at The National Archives to find out about our digital procurement opportunities, meet the digital service team, and to learn about the skills and expertise we're looking for to help us deliver our world-leading digital services. There will be formal presentations, lunch and breakout sessions where you can informally chat to representatives of the digital services provided by The National Archives. You can join the presentations virtually if you cannot attend in person - just let us know. Do you have any or all of these skills? User research Front end development Interaction and content design The design and build of digital services Developing search Support for Cloud applications and hosting management DevOps Experience with any of the following: XML and XML databases, Akoma Ntoso, HTML-5, JSON, RDF and SPARQL, Drupal, Java, Javascript, CSS, X-Query, XSLT, RESTful APIs, data visualisation technologies Data Analysis Business development Cyber Security Editing and typesetting Commercial publishing To register, please email procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by midday on Monday 23rd October 2023, letting us know the names of your proposed attendees, which of the opportunities you are interested in, and the areas of expertise which you can offer. Details on some of the specific opportunities coming up are described in the document attached to this notice.
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In the coming months, The National Archives will procure the maintenance and development of its legislation platform (legislation.gov.uk website, editorial and publishing systems), the operation of its legislation publishing services (online and in print), the operation and development of web archiving services (nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive) and the maintenance, development and operation of Lawmaker (a service enabling browser-based drafting and management of legislation including parliamentary amendments). More detailed descriptions of each are attached to this notice. We would like interested suppliers to join us to discuss these services at an early engagement procurement event at The National Archives in Kew on 29th June 2022, in which we will also be taking a look at future procurement opportunities in our digital services pipeline. We will explore options to partner with suppliers in a number of areas, including the development of our catalogue management and digital preservation systems, as well as our new Find Case Law service. We are interested in developing the information architecture of our digital services, and would like to talk to suppliers and specialists in user research, front end development, interaction and content design, the design and build of digital services, search, support for Cloud applications and hosting, and DevOps. We're holding this event to help us to shape our procurement strategy and we'd like supplier feedback on how we do this. So we would encourage a wide range of suppliers, with expertise and capability in any, or all, of the areas described in this notice, to join us for an afternoon of discussion and networking, and to meet potential procurement partners. To register, please email procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by midday on 15th June 2022, letting us know the names of your proposed attendees, which of the opportunities you are interested in, and the areas of expertise which you can offer.
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The National Archives' current contract for managing and developing the UK Government Web Archive and the EU Exit Web Archive is due to expire at the end of August, 2023. As such, we plan to issue an ITT in the New Year, inviting interested parties to submit bids for a replacement contract to commence in September, 2023. In advance of the ITT being published, we plan to arrange a supplier briefing session in January where potential bidders will have the opportunity to meet with us and to find out more about the requirement. If you would like to attend, please let us know by emailing procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday, December 23rd. Please see the attached document for a summary of the scope of the contract.
£2,100,000
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Join us on 25 July 2025 from 10am- 2pm at The National Archives to find out about our digital procurement opportunities, meet the digital service teams, and to learn about the skills and expertise we're looking for to help us deliver our world-leading digital services. There will be coffee on arrival, formal presentations, lunch and breakout sessions where you can informally chat to representatives of the digital services provided by The National Archives. You can join the formal presentations online if you cannot attend in person - just let us know. Find out about the following services in particular: Lawmaker Lawmaker is a service enabling users to draft and manage secondary and primary legislation (including the parliamentary amendment process). It is XML-based and accessed via the browser. Lawmaker is delivered by The National Archives to users in the UK Government, UK Parliament, Scottish government, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. The National Archives uses external contractors to help deliver the Lawmaker service including through maintaining infrastructure and software, providing user support, ensuring security, developing new features and extending the service to new use cases. At this point we anticipate this opportunity going out to procurement in the 2026/27 financial year. Legislation services The National Archives is responsible for providing the legislation.gov.uk Platform which: makes both enacted and revised legislation available on the web for the public to access and use, and provides legislation as open data for data users to include in their own products and services. We use external contractors to manage the maintenance and development of this Platform, which includes the legislation.gov.uk website, a research website, the legislation.gov.uk editorial system, and the legislation.gov.uk publishing system. We are looking for suppliers with the technical skills and experience to maintain and continuously develop the legislation.gov.uk Platform to ensure it is accessible, robust and performant. Statutory responsibilities for the official publication of all UK legislation are managed through a separate publishing concessionary contract. We provide the concessionaire with access to the legislation.gov.uk publishing system so that they can publish legislation both online and in print. At this point we anticipate this opportunity going out to procurement in the 2026/27 financial year. Digital Services External suppliers play a critical role in enabling the successful delivery of our wide portfolio of digital services. In the coming years we will continue to invest in, among other things, securing and expanding our digital archive, developing our catalogue management and digital preservation systems, and growing the Find Case Law service. IT Operations The National Archive's IT Operations department is responsible for the provision and support of Corporate IT services and systems. Some technologies and key areas of expertise that we're interested in User research Interaction and content design Accessibility Front end development DevOps Cloud infrastructure architecture, management and financial optimisation Service management and security Data analysis and visualisation Generative AI and LLMs NLP and text processing Semantic technologies, linked data and knowledge graphs Akoma Ntoso/LegalDocML (OASIS standard for legislative and legal documents) XML, X-Query, XSLT, RDF and SPARQL HTML-5, JSON, Java, Javascript, CSS RESTful APIs, XML and noSQL databases, Drupal Register your interest To register, please email procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by midday on 11 July 2025, giving the name of your organisation, and the names and roles of proposed attendees. Please state if you want to attend online (presentations only).
Value undisclosed
The National Archives is a non-ministerial government department. As the government's national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, we hold over 1,000 years of the nation's records for everyone to discover and use and are guardians of some of our most iconic national documents. Our strategy Archives for Everyone, sets out how we intend to become the 21st century national archive: the inclusive, entrepreneurial and disruptive archive. In 2021, we restated our belief that archives are for everyone by foregrounding our commitment to Becoming the Inclusive Archive, available to all and enriched by those who work with and for archives of all kinds. As the living, growing and trusted home of our nation's stories, our obligation is to be an archive for everyone, past, present and future. In the coming months we will be publishing an Invitation to Tender, seeking an architectural practice to work on our public space programme. Since 2015, we have been examining how to update our 1977 Brutalist building, and attached entrance space from 1995, in order to better serve the public and to provide the best visitor experience. During the past eight years we have developed a new Auditorium, learning spaces embedded within core areas of the building, as well as a brand new Clore Learning Centre designed for broadcast and other digital learning activities. Other projects have involved recapturing of the essence of the original structure (e.g., revealing the original coffered ceilings on the ground floor, taking away later accretions) and installing new seating to make the space more inviting to our visitors. This has all been informed by an overall masterplan. In addition, since 2022, we have embarked on smaller projects in the public areas, such as improving the entrance area, interpretation (such as a 'Cabinet Table' feature and our '1920s Zone' which coincided with the launch of the 1921 census) as well as proposals to improve the approach to the building and how we present what the National Archives holds more clearly and invitingly to the public within our grounds. In the coming years we have a running list of these smaller projects which we will continue, as well as ambitions for new Exhibition Galleries and a second phase of the Clore Learning Centre which we wish to realise, funding permitting. This contract will involve supporting us in such projects, small to large, as well as other architectural, spatial design and visitor experience projects as our thinking develops. The contracted practice will drive forward our masterplan with us, work with key stakeholders and support us to create a thriving, welcoming, visitor experience for this key national institution. We will be hosting an open day on the morning of Wednesday, May 10th, for interested parties to learn more about this upcoming opportunity. If you'd like to attend, please let us know by emailing us at procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 5pm on April 28th.
Value undisclosed