Tender

Invitation to tender for Provision of Digital Preservation System

  • Falmouth Exeter Plus

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-005006

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a6c3

Published 20 February 2023, 12:24pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Falmouth Exeter Plus

Penryn Campus

Penryn, Cornwall

TR10 9FE

Contact

Laura Lay

Email

Laura.Lay@fxplus.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

National registration number

5103240

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://fxplus.ac.uk/

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/105170

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=60470&B=FXPLUS

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=60470&B=FXPLUS

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Invitation to tender for Provision of Digital Preservation System

Reference number

1946Falmouth

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 48160000 - Library software package

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Falmouth University are tendering for a Digital Preservation System to support research projects within the cultural heritage sector. Initially it will be used to support the GWITHA project.

GWITHA seeks to establish an open centre for immersive approaches to archives and draw together the rich potential these resources have in supporting the capturing and sharing both the material and intangible cultural heritage of the far Southwest. The nature of site-specific/ landscape theatre has rendered much of its outcomes as resistant to documentation. Thus, GWITHA is a project designed to aid researchers / archivists in capturing, preserving, revivifying and facilitating access to performance practices that have hitherto been difficult or impossible to document in forms idiomatic to their integrity.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £120,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48160000 - Library software package

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

Penryn Campus

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Falmouth University are tendering for a Digital Preservation System to support research projects within the cultural heritage sector. Initially it will be used to support the GWITHA project.

GWITHA seeks to establish an open centre for immersive approaches to archives and draw together the rich potential these resources have in supporting the capturing and sharing both the material and intangible cultural heritage of the far Southwest. The nature of site-specific/ landscape theatre has rendered much of its outcomes as resistant to documentation. Thus, GWITHA is a project designed to aid researchers / archivists in capturing, preserving, revivifying and facilitating access to performance practices that have hitherto been difficult or impossible to document in forms idiomatic to their integrity.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £120,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

17 March 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 20 March 2023

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

17 March 2023

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Falmouth Exeter Express

Penryn Campus

PENRYN

TR10 9FE

Email

c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Falmouth University

Penryn Campus

PENRYN

TR10 9FE

Email

c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Falmouth University

Penryn Campus

PENRYN

TR10 9FE

Email

c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom