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The Historic 1911 Scotland's Census Handwritten Records And Data Enhancement

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

16 Dec 2024 at 15:18

Tender

27 Sep 2024 at 13:48

Summary of the contracting process

The University of Edinburgh (UoE) is managing a public procurement process for the project titled "The Historic 1911 Scotland’s Census Handwritten Records And Data Enhancement." This project falls under the data services category and involves transcription and digitisation services. The procurement process has progressed to the Award stage, with the contract awarded to Mobius Knowledge Services. The total contract value is £330,000, and it was signed on 16 December 2024. The location for delivering the project is primarily within the UK, maintained in a secure ICT Platform environment as specified. The procurement method employed was an open procedure, aiming at ensuring full transparency and fair competition.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in data digitisation and management services. By participating in such projects, businesses can expand their service portfolio and establish credibility in handling extensive and critical data enhancement initiatives. Companies engaged in data transcription, secure database management, and ICT solutions would find this contract particularly beneficial. The project requires a dedicated Data Capture/Database Management Tool and necessitates that all data handling occurs within a secure UK-based ICT infrastructure, ensuring data privacy and security compliance, which can further bolster a company’s reputation in the industry.

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Notice Title

The Historic 1911 Scotland's Census Handwritten Records And Data Enhancement

Notice Description

The University of Edinburgh (UoE) Longitudinal Study Centre - Scotland (LSCS), has received funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to create a multidisciplinary research database from Scottish historical vital events records. This project is being delivered in collaboration with the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB), Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA). CDDA will provide project management with end-to-end support. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) are the record keeper and official source of demographic statistics. UoE, in collaboration with CDDA will create and manage the UK secure infrastructure platform and will require full access (i.e., Administrator and user) to the successful supplier's Data Capture/Database Management Tool to ensure Quality Assurance and sign-off. The 1911 Census was conducted under the Census Act (1910) which makes it a function of the Registrar General for Scotland, a role now undertaken by the Chief Executive of NRS. University of Edinburgh wish to procure the transcription (digitisation) services to capture full details of each individual included on each image (Census return) , transcription of the hand-written information from the digital images into a digital dataset. This will involve the successful supplier providing a project-specific Data Capture/Database Management Tool, which will need to be able to be housed on the supplied secure ICT Platform, within the UK. The designed database, raw images and exiting NRS indexes must be retained within this secure intranet infrastructure system. Transcription workflow will not be permitted to leave the supplied secure environment housed within the UK.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Route 3 Open Regulated Procurement Project.

Renewal: If required a short month to month range of extensions can be allowed, although this will be only to carry out exit management and will have no impact on price.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a3b9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040481-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£330,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Dec 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Oct 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Dec 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
Sharron Gardiner
Contact Email
sgardiner@ed.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1316502759

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MOBIUS KNOWLEDGE SERVICES

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