Notice Information
Notice Title
002642 SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE OF DIGITISATION STUDIOS SCANNING EQUIPMENT
Notice Description
The purpose of this tender is to procure a suite of brand-new Windows 11 compliant digitisation equipment which is interoperable with the current studio equipment and software. The machines required will be located in our Boston Spa, West Yorkshire site, with the exception of one microfilm scanner which will be located in St Pancras, London. This equipment is to support the high-quality, high-speed mass digital capture of a wide range of archival and heritage materials.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Up to seven 12 month optional extensions taking the potential maintenance contract to ten years in total.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052a8e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046334-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
-
- CPV Codes
38520000 - Scanners
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 3 Aug 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH LIBRARY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- nikki.drydale@bl.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- NW1 2DB
- Post Town
- North West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- St Pancras & Somers Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046334-2025
6th August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040149-2025
15th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029113-2025
2nd June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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