--- title: "Web Archiving and Hosting Services" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-147354" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-147354" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147354.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147354.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT" published: "2025-01-15" --- # Web Archiving and Hosting Services Buyer: LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-kuma6s-147354 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-147354) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147354.json) ## Summary The Welsh Government is initiating a procurement process for "Web Archiving and Hosting Services" within the services industry category. Located in Cardiff, the procurement is currently in the planning stage, with key early market engagement set until 5pm on Wednesday 5th February 2025. The government is seeking suppliers capable of comprehensive web archiving and hosting solutions, which include capturing and storing thousands of web pages and data in native formats, ensuring content remains accessible and intact. The deadline for expressing interest and completing a short questionnaire is crucial for potential participants. This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for companies specialising in digital archiving and hosting services. Businesses with expertise in comprehensive web crawls, data storage, and high integrity archiving are well-suited for this contract. Additionally, firms with capabilities to handle a variety of web content, including rich media and dynamic content, can leverage their services to meet the stringent requirements of the Welsh Government. By participating in this early engagement, businesses can potentially secure a role in supporting the information governance and digital preservation needs of a major public authority. ## Notice The Welsh Government requires a supplier to provide Web Archiving and Hosting Services.In summary here are the key requirements:A complete and comprehensive annual capture of the 40 smaller sub-sites.* Crawls should meet the ISO 28500 standard and past annual exercises have extracted approximately 6.9TB of data or 600,000 web pages.* All images, media, data and linked documents should also be captured in their native format including rich media, Flash content, hyperlinks, videos, dynamic content, blogs, SharePoint, wikis, commentary, customer forums, content behind logins, form posts, Facebook, and LinkedIn.* Crawls should target our websites and collect the content into its native archive on a schedule.* The content in the archive should then be stored in native format so that the content looks exactly as it did at the moment of collection.* Provide an easy retrieval and "playback" of the web content will in turn create clear audit trails which will support our information governance.* The crawls will be comprehensive with the integrity and functionality of the captured sites being of prime importance. This includes social media and video, whether live-streamed or embedded (including Flash).* Crawls must be completed outside of peak working hours, thus being either overnight or during the weekend, in order to limit traffic on our websites.Complete with Storage and hosting services.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=147354. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147354 | | Notice type | S2W 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jan 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Not specified | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT | | Locality | CAERDYDD / CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF10 3NQ | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Cathays | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72252000 - Computer archiving services ## Release History - 15 Jan 2025 at 15:34 - Planning - S2W Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147354 ## Notice URLs - https://gov.wales/welsh-government-procurement-privacy-notice(WA - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=147354 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-147354. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147354.json.