Notice Information
Notice Title
The Historic 1911 Scotland's Census Handwritten Records And Data Enhancement
Notice Description
This project aims to digitise circa 4.75 million hand written Scottish vital events records from the 1911 census. The records have already been scanned and will be made available via a web interface into which the transcribed data will also be manually inputted by the successful bidder. The project objective is to allow research access to individual-level information.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) intends to inform the market of a future contract opportunity. The University of Edinburgh has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to create a multidisciplinary research database from historical vital events records. This 1911 project aims to digitise circa 4.75 million hand written Scottish vital events records i.e. births, marriages and deaths. The records have already been scanned and will be made available via a web interface into which the transcribed data will also be manually inputted by the successful bidder. The project objective is to allow research access to individual-level information. The University will be seeking a supplier to manually transcribe these handwritten images of Birth, Marriage & Death records dating from 1911 which will then be used to create a research database.. Project set-up and transcription must be completed within 12 months from Contract start. Manual transcription services will be required. OCR technology will not be suitable for this work As the data is sensitive all transcribers must be direct employees of any successful bidder, no subcontracting allowed.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000764239
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503399
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
72300000 - Data services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 28 May 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
- Contact Name
- Sharron Gardiner
- Contact Email
- sgardine@ed.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH1 1HT
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
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- 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
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- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503399
The Historic 1911 Scotland's Census Handwritten Records And Data Enhancement - This project aims to digitise circa 4.75 million hand written Scottish vital events records from the 1911 census. The records have already been scanned and will be made available via a web interface into which the transcribed data will also be manually inputted by the successful bidder. The project objective is to allow research access to individual-level information.
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