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The National Library of Wales

THE PROVISION OF AN ONLINE FAMILY HISTORY SERVICE FOR WALES

R&DCPV 73110000
Value£360k
Deadline22 Sept 2026
Published31 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 31 Jul 202652 days leftCloses 22 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Jayne Hughes
jhe@llyfrgell.cymru

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Sell2Wales Postbox facility https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£360ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The National Library of Wales is seeking to appoint a single service provider to deliver an online family history service as part of the National Digital Library Service, for Welsh public libraries, archives and museums and the employees of Welsh libraries, archives and museums, and individuals who are registered users of Welsh public libraries, archives and museums.

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1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
072488-2026
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