Scope
Reference
994397042
Description
The UK Government is committed to establishing a Creative Content Exchange (CCE) in the Creative Industries Sector Plan (June 2025). The intention is for the CCE to be a trusted marketplace for selling, buying, licensing, and enabling permitted access to digitised cultural and creative assets.
To test the proof of concept behind the CCE, The Natural History Museum (NHM) in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is organising a small, closed pilot.
As part of this NHM is exploring options for procuring a complete platform solution to house the Creative Content Exchange (CCE) for the duration of the pilot. We envisage that this solution will need to comprise:
a) infrastructure and utilities for effecting the exchange of data and content (text, video, audio, multi-modal) between providers and consumers;
b) the facility for providers and consumers to enter into licensing and other types of commercial agreements;
c) the ability to set terms and conditions of use for the CCE that providers and consumers need to adhere to;
d) facility for a notice and takedown process within an agreed SLA;
e) human technical support for providers, consumers and the CCE team within agreed SLAs;
f) training for CCE team on use of the platform in the UK;
g) agreement that the whole of the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be located in the UK and governed by UK law;
h) adequate security to ensure the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be safe from malicious access;
i) facility for content providers to make content samples available to consumers;
j) provision of a sandbox or similar type of test environments;
k) provision of fine grained access controls for content providers to configure; and
l) billing, invoicing and payment facility.
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Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £500,000 excluding VAT
- £600,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
3 February 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
3 February 2026
Standstill period
- End: 13 February 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
23 February 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 24 February 2026 to 24 February 2027
- Possible extension to 23 February 2028
- 2 years
Description of possible extension:
The Contract may be extended beyond the Initial Term on a maximum of two occasions, for a period of up to 6 months on each occasion (each a Renewal Period) at NHMs sole discretion, by NHM giving the Contractor not less than one months notice prior to the expiry of the Initial Term or the Renewal Period (as applicable).
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
- 48490000 - Procurement software package
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Information about tenders
- 7 tenders received
- 5 tenders assessed in the final stage:
- 5 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 4 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
Harbr Group Limited
- Companies House: 10671007
41 Luke Street
London
EC2A 4DP
United Kingdom
Region: UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
Natural History Museum
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJBJ-4723-MZPX
Cromwell Rd, South Kensington
LONDON
SW7 5BD
United Kingdom
Contact name: Lisa Ireland
Email: lisa.ireland@thecce.co.uk
Region: UKI33 - Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Organisation type: Public authority - central government