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ClosedStage · tender

British Library

002604 Digital Preservation Repository

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£2,400,000
Deadline29 Sept 2025
Published20 Aug 2025
RegionNationwide

£2,400,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 20 Aug 2025ClosedCloses 29 Sept 2025
Who to contact
nikki.drydale@bl.uk
+44 1937546146

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Contract value in context
£2.4mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

Digital preservation repositories are essential for effective custodianship, management, and preservation of modern digital library collections.

The purpose of this procurement is to deliver a newly sustainable digital collections preservation repository that will re-establish our strategic capability to support very large-scale acquisition, management, and long-term preservation of an exceptionally diverse and ever-growing digital collection.

The contract shall be awarded in its entirety and will not be let in lots due to the economic and practical efficiencies presented by a single contract delivery model.

To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=974769739

Requirements

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01

The purpose of this procurement is

The purpose of this procurement is to deliver a newly sustainable digital collections preservation repository that will re-establish our strategic capability to support very large-scale acquisition, management, and long-term preservation of an exceptionally diverse and ever-growing digital collection.

02

The contract shall be awarded in its

The contract shall be awarded in its entirety and will not be let in lots due to the economic and practical efficiencies presented by a single contract delivery model.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058286
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
050036-2025
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