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title: "Forces Families Project Oral Historian"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e6a3"
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# Forces Families Project Oral Historian

Buyer: City of Doncaster Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6a3

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## Summary

City of Doncaster Council commissioned oral history support for its Forces Families Project. The service covers developing policies and procedures, improving the collection of oral histories, advising on equipment, training staff and volunteers, collecting interviews, producing transcriptions and summaries, and supporting evaluation and reporting. This is a specialist heritage and archive service, with the procurement classified under archive services. The work is for the Council’s Forces Families Project and is delivered in Doncaster, supporting the preservation and development of material relating to forces families. The requirement combines practical archive improvement with direct interview activity, training and project evaluation, so it is relevant to oral historians, archive consultants, heritage practitioners and organisations providing community-history support.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Tracy Craggs, an SME. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. One service lot was awarded. The contract was signed on 21 June 2026 and runs from 22 June 2026 to 31 May 2028. Its value is £6,300 gross. The contract is active, while the tender is recorded as complete. The requirement was evaluated through the Council’s direct-award route rather than a competitive tender. The awarded scope covers the full Forces Families Project oral historian service, including policy development, collection improvement, training, interview collection, transcription, summaries, evaluation and reporting support.

This procurement shows a defined requirement for a practitioner who can combine oral-history delivery with archive development and project support. A credible future competitor would need experience planning and conducting interviews, working sensitively with forces families, improving or managing historical collections, and producing accurate transcriptions and accessible summaries. The ability to advise on recording equipment and to train council staff and volunteers would strengthen a service offer, as would experience developing practical policies and procedures. Evidence of evaluating community heritage work and reporting outcomes would also be relevant. The work suits an individual specialist or small heritage, archive or oral-history practice able to deliver hands-on activity alongside structured advice and training.

## Notice

Oral History Support for Forces Families Project: policy and procedure development, collection improvement, equipment advice, staff/volunteer training, interview collection, transcription and summaries, plus evaluation and reporting support.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078585-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period | 22 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £6,300 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | City of Doncaster Council |
| Locality | DONCASTER |
| Postcode area | Doncaster |
| Postcode | DN1 3BU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE35 Doncaster |
| Local authority | Doncaster |
| Electoral ward | Town |
| Westminster constituency | Doncaster Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TRACY CRAGGS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92512000 - Archive services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 14:32 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078585-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078585-2026
  18th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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