Tender

Offair Recording Appliance

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES

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Tender

08 Jan 2026 at 15:19

S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process is initiated by The National Library of Wales, located in Ceredigion, for an "Offair Recording Appliance." This tender seeks solutions for continuous recording of TV and radio channels for their Digital and Wales Broadcast Archives. The primary industry category is television and radio receivers, and sound or video recording apparatus. The tender falls under the 'goods' procurement category and follows an open procurement method. The relevant awarding period is scheduled to conclude by 10 February 2026, with submissions due by 6 February 2026. Interested parties are required to submit electronic responses through the Sell2Wales platform.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for companies specialising in signal collection, recording, and broadcasting technology. Firms with expertise in the development of storage and network-capable recording solutions tailored for archival purposes are especially well-suited to compete. There is potential for long-term collaboration as the solution must accommodate specific requirements for content and metadata storage and processing. Additionally, suppliers with capabilities in handling high-definition video and audio streams would benefit from participating in this procurement process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Offair Recording Appliance

Notice Description

The National Library of Wales needs an appliance with appropriate signal collection, decoding, recording, disk storage and network capability to enable the continuous recording of at least four TV channels and two radio channels for exporting and delivering into the Library's Digital Archive and Wales Broadcast Archive service.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=159421.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. NLW requires a solution which will record all content broadcast on specific channels (BBC 1 Wales HD; BBC 2 Wales HD; ITV1 Wales HD; S4C HD; BBC Radio Wales; BBC Radio Cymru) (and possibly additional channels) for a period of 30 days. During that period some of the output will be selected by curators for retention to become part of NLW's collections, this is normally about 20 radio programmes and 30 TV programmes every day.NLW requires the solution to have the ability to store the selected recordings and their metadata for a longer period of 270 days to provide flexibility when copies of recordings and metadata are exported in batch and further processed by other systems. Once successful processing of exported content is confirmed, NLW will delete the exported content to retrieve storage capacity.(WA Ref:159421)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-159421
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=159421
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

CPV Codes

32300000 - Television and radio receivers, and sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Jan 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
6 Feb 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES
Contact Name
Einion Gruffudd
Contact Email
eeg@llgc.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1970632800

Buyer Location

Locality
CEREDIGION
Postcode
SY23 3BU
Post Town
Shrewsbury
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL41 Mid Wales
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Ceredigion
Electoral Ward
Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais
Westminster Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli

Further Information

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