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title: "Digital Artist Collaborative Project"
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# Digital Artist Collaborative Project

Buyer: NATIONAL ARCHIVES PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3be8eb38-08d3-4d03-8d77-34fe1a3d9101

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## Summary

The National Archives Public Record Office is inviting tenders for a project titled "Digital Artist Collaborative Project." This initiative falls under the recreational, cultural, and sporting services category and is based in Richmond, England, with delivery expected at the postal code TW9 4DU. The procurement is currently in the Award stage, following a successful bid resolution on 18 March 2017, and the contract period is set to span from 20 March 2017 to 19 March 2020. The open procurement process concluded on 24 February 2017, allowing interested parties to submit their proposals.

This tender presents exciting opportunities for businesses in the creative and artistic sectors, particularly those specialising in digital art and innovative exhibitions. Companies that can demonstrate the capacity to engage audiences through digital mediums and have experience in collaborative projects with cultural institutions would be well-positioned to compete. With the potential for a longer-term engagement if the initial residency is successful, this contract could offer significant growth prospects for small and medium enterprises aiming to enhance their portfolios and visibility within the arts community.

## Notice

As part of our innovative new approaches to using our records and data to engage audiences with archives in different ways, we are seeking a Digital Artist to work with TNA to ultimately produce a long term digital art piece. We have particularly chosen to work with a Digital Artist because TNA is currently in the centre of a digital revolution. The move to taking in more and more born digital material - and the change in the way that our users access archives, increasingly using digitised material online and searching through a digital catalogue - is a key moment in the life of this institution. We want to work with a Digital Artist who can explore this change and bring some of the beauty and excitement of digital possibilities to our audiences. We believe that any art work for TNA needs to be a point of provocation as well as a beautiful object - it needs to create transparency into TNA's work, inspire conversation, and potentially provoke a greater sense of connection to the organisation. Therefore we wish to work in partnership with an artist to scope a residency which explores and reveals to the public something of the unique footprint of the material and data we hold. We see ideas of opening up unseen things and also giving a sense of scale and impact as key. The outcome of a first residency (currently planned as a 6 month, part time residency) will be a 'proof-of-concept' temporary exhibition/ digital art piece which will be open to all visitors to the building. This first residency will be a scoping and testing exercise for us to explore the possibilities for a longer-term installation onsite. We aim to work in partnership with the Appointed Digital Artist to apply for funding to Arts Council England: Grants for the Arts. Should this first residency be successful, we will look to build further on the proof-of-concept to develop a longer term digital art installation funded through a larger grant application to a funding body, for example the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). We anticipate that the total length of this Contract could be up to 3 years, with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months each (3+1+1).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7e1e9c2d-0a34-4789-888d-2d05c2c4cef2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Mar 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Feb 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Mar 2017 |
| Contract period | 20 Mar 2017 - 19 Mar 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL ARCHIVES PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE |
| Locality | RICHMOND |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW9 4DU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Electoral ward | Kew |
| Westminster constituency | Richmond Park |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MICHAEL MAGRUDER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

## Release History

- 20 Mar 2017 at 14:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7e1e9c2d-0a34-4789-888d-2d05c2c4cef2
- 16 Jan 2017 at 11:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b59d928-a734-4885-a330-5c9463bb62d8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7e1e9c2d-0a34-4789-888d-2d05c2c4cef2
  20th March 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b59d928-a734-4885-a330-5c9463bb62d8
  16th January 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/63449a00-25f2-4b94-9a13-d359b0f96ecf
  Statement of Requirements

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