--- title: "The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection: Digital Collections Solution" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LANCASTER UNIVERSITY" published: "2022-02-09" --- # The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection: Digital Collections Solution Buyer: LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72055953-658a-4029-a573-4fe9c8599f2e.json) ## Summary Lancaster University is seeking tenders for the project titled "The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection: Digital Collections Solution". This procurement is classified under software packages and information systems, with a total contract value of £125,000 set for the delivery of a digital collections platform. The tender process is currently in the open stage, with submissions closing on 13 March 2022. The contract period is scheduled to commence on 18 April 2022 and run until 17 April 2025, with delivery expected at Lancaster University's facilities in the North West of England. This tender presents a valuable opportunity for software and technology firms, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to engage in a significant project aimed at enhancing public access to a historic art collection. Businesses specialising in digital solutions, user experience design, or educational technology would be particularly well-suited to compete. The project aims to enrich engagement with a diverse range of audiences, including families, schools, and researchers, thereby fostering community connections and educational initiatives. ## Notice n 2019, Lancaster University purchased The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and others. Launching a digital collections platform is a critical aspect of The Ruskin's mission to open the collection to a wider audience than ever before, locally and globally. The digital collections platform falls under The Ruskin's wider Digital Strategy, which we have accelerated in response to both the Covid-19 pandemic; and because in 2021, The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection was removed to storage while the museum building is redeveloped. The Digital Strategy includes our aim to digitally re-connect Ruskin collections worldwide, working with existing partners at the Yale Center for British Art and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in the USA, and Birmingham Museums & Galleries, and the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Manchester in the UK, amongst others. The digital collections platform is an enabling step toward that ambition. While the collection will remain underground until 2023, continued public access will be facilitated through partner exhibitions, digital and public programmes. All activity, including the digital collections platform, should meet the needs of existing users and create opportunities for audience development amongst key user groups, who represent a variety of interest and knowledge levels. These include: General Publics: both the curious, looking for collection engagement without a specific outcome in mind, through browsing and discovery; and who know what they are looking for; Families: adults with early years and primary-age children, looking for immersive and playful experiences that capitalise on Ruskin's intensely visual story-worlds; Teaching/Learning: including home education, schools, colleges and HE, looking for content to enhance the national or place-based curricula, and/or course development; Special Interest Groups: ranging from climate change activists, to Lakeland local history, looking to engage thematically cross-collection; Specialist Researchers: including scholars of Ruskin and nineteenth-century literature, culture and science; interdisciplinary researchers; curators. The digital collections platform should, through functionality and design, engage and empower publics and researchers (including the optimisation of the research potential of the collection via practices and tools compliant with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)); facilitate both wide-ranging and deep engagement with the collection; and communicate its contemporary relevance. Additional information: This tender is being conducted electronically using the Lancaster University e-tendering system which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/ To receive documents new users must first register and obtain log in details. Existing users should log in to the web site and express interest. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d67b97ab-a1bc-47b3-8046-8c5a556c3e78 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Feb 2022 | | Submission deadline | 13 Mar 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 18 Apr 2022 - 17 Apr 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £125,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LANCASTER UNIVERSITY | | Locality | LANCASTER | | Post town | Lancaster | | Postcode | LA1 4YW | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire | | ITL 3 | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre | | Local authority | Lancaster | | Electoral ward | University | | Westminster constituency | Lancaster and Wyre | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 9 Feb 2022 at 15:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d67b97ab-a1bc-47b3-8046-8c5a556c3e78 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d67b97ab-a1bc-47b3-8046-8c5a556c3e78 9th February 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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