Tender

WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner

WALSALL COUNCIL

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Tender

27 May 2025 at 16:17

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for the contract titled "WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner" is being managed by Walsall Council, a public authority at the sub-central government level. This tender, active since 27th May 2025, seeks to identify a high-quality provider for a community engagement programme as part of a digital archive project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The contract is in the tender stage and is open for submissions until 17th June 2025. It focuses on the delivery of services, including advertising and marketing, business consultancy, library and archive services, museum-exhibition, and preservation services, all within Walsall, United Kingdom (region UKG38). The procurement method is open competition, ensuring a transparent selection process with a significant emphasis on service quality over price (10% price, 90% non-price). The contract duration spans from 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2027, with a total estimated value of £48,000.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), within the specified industry categories to enhance their growth by contributing to a significant cultural project. The open competition process ensures an accessible pathway for qualified businesses to potentially expand their portfolios by collaborating with Walsall Council and other local partners, including Walsall College. By engaging in this project, businesses can play a pivotal role in fostering community engagement and cultural preservation, leveraging their expertise in digital archiving and storytelling to create an inclusive and representative digital archive for the community. It is an ideal venture for firms specialising in advertising and marketing, consultancy, and heritage management services.

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Notice Title

WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner

Notice Description

The Council is seeking a high-quality provider to deliver community engagement programme as per specification for The Walsall Archive for All project. Walsall Council has received confirmation of funding via the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to deliver: A new, digital archive project to deepen our understanding of Walsall's cultural evolution. Co-curating untold heritage stories through material captured by local people. Uncovering hidden archives, representing culture across the Borough, and celebrating through exhibitions within shared spaces, online and in-person. Inspired by the borough-wide collection of one local individual, Jack Haddock, audio and visual content will be digitally archived from people across the Borough, telling communities' stories. Celebrating identity, heritage and shared experience. Through the digitisation of thousands of images and audio history recordings, in partnership with Walsall Council Archives, Walsall for All, and Walsall College, the project will platform inter-generational and inter-cultural representation within a more diverse, accessible and usable digital archive platform - publicly accessible into the future. Creating an Archive for All, a people's archive, representative of the Borough's evolving identity as captured by local people.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052761
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027888-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services


CPV Codes

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

92510000 - Library and archive services

92521100 - Museum-exhibition services

92521210 - Preservation services of exhibits

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£40,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£40,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jun 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WALSALL COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@walsall.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WALSALL
Postcode
WS1 1TP
Post Town
Walsall
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG38 Walsall
Delivery Location
TLG38 Walsall

Local Authority
Walsall
Electoral Ward
St Matthew's
Westminster Constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich

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