--- title: "WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-052761" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052761" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052761.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052761.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WALSALL COUNCIL" published: "2025-05-27" --- # WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner Buyer: WALSALL COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052761 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052761) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052761.json) ## Summary The public procurement process for the contract titled "WP4120 - Walsall Archive for All, Community Engagement Delivery Partner" is being managed by Walsall Council, a public authority at the sub-central government level. This tender, active since 27th May 2025, seeks to identify a high-quality provider for a community engagement programme as part of a digital archive project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The contract is in the tender stage and is open for submissions until 17th June 2025. It focuses on the delivery of services, including advertising and marketing, business consultancy, library and archive services, museum-exhibition, and preservation services, all within Walsall, United Kingdom (region UKG38). The procurement method is open competition, ensuring a transparent selection process with a significant emphasis on service quality over price (10% price, 90% non-price). The contract duration spans from 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2027, with a total estimated value of £48,000. This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), within the specified industry categories to enhance their growth by contributing to a significant cultural project. The open competition process ensures an accessible pathway for qualified businesses to potentially expand their portfolios by collaborating with Walsall Council and other local partners, including Walsall College. By engaging in this project, businesses can play a pivotal role in fostering community engagement and cultural preservation, leveraging their expertise in digital archiving and storytelling to create an inclusive and representative digital archive for the community. It is an ideal venture for firms specialising in advertising and marketing, consultancy, and heritage management services. ## Notice The Council is seeking a high-quality provider to deliver community engagement programme as per specification for The Walsall Archive for All project. Walsall Council has received confirmation of funding via the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to deliver: A new, digital archive project to deepen our understanding of Walsall's cultural evolution. Co-curating untold heritage stories through material captured by local people. Uncovering hidden archives, representing culture across the Borough, and celebrating through exhibitions within shared spaces, online and in-person. Inspired by the borough-wide collection of one local individual, Jack Haddock, audio and visual content will be digitally archived from people across the Borough, telling communities' stories. Celebrating identity, heritage and shared experience. Through the digitisation of thousands of images and audio history recordings, in partnership with Walsall Council Archives, Walsall for All, and Walsall College, the project will platform inter-generational and inter-cultural representation within a more diverse, accessible and usable digital archive platform - publicly accessible into the future. Creating an Archive for All, a people's archive, representative of the Borough's evolving identity as captured by local people. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027888-2025 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 May 2025 | | Submission deadline | 17 Jun 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £40,000 | | Lots value | £40,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WALSALL COUNCIL | | Locality | WALSALL | | Post town | Walsall | | Postcode | WS1 1TP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG38 Walsall | | Local authority | Walsall | | Electoral ward | St Matthew's | | Westminster constituency | Walsall and Bloxwich | | Delivery location | TLG38 Walsall | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services - 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services - 92510000 - Library and archive services - 92521100 - Museum-exhibition services - 92521210 - Preservation services of exhibits ## Release History - 27 May 2025 at 16:17 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027888-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027888-2025 27th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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