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OpenStage · planning

Historic England

PME - Digital Preservation System (DPS) (UID 226M)

Recreation & CultureCPV 48311100
Value£220,000
Deadline
Published29 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£220,000 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
procurement-he@historicengland.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£220ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Software & IT Systems band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Historic England publishes Software & IT Systems work continuously — 36 notices, roughly one every 37 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Historic England is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to improve its understanding of the Digital Preservation System (DPS) marketplace and inform future procurement requirements.

The engagement is intended to: • Increase understanding of available DPS solutions. • Identify common and differentiating capabilities. • Understand implementation approaches. • Explore pricing and support models. • Inform future procurement requirements.

This exercise is not a procurement and is not intended to identify a preferred supplier.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Explore pricing and support models

Explore pricing and support models.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e
Stage
planning · planning
Source
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Buyer ref
071828-2026
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