Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Sunderland City Council
City Hall, Plater Way
Sunderland
SR1 3AA
Contact
Virginia Ainsley
virginia.ainsley@sunderland.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC23 - Sunderland
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Digitisation of Local History and Library Collections
Reference number
DN595814
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 92510000 - Library and archive services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Sunderland City Council has appointed an external library provider to digitise the
resources of the City’s local history and library collections to ensure they are safeguarded
and made as accessible as possible now and into the future.
The appointed provider will be required to digitise and catalogue the collections to
professional library standards. The collections must then be uploaded to the Council's
Library Management System (LMS).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £350,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC23 - Sunderland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Sunderland City Council has appointed an external library provider to digitise the
resources of the City’s local history and library collections to ensure they are safeguarded
and made as accessible as possible now and into the future.
The appointed provider will be required to digitise and catalogue the collections to
professional library standards. The collections must then be uploaded to the Council's
Library Management System (LMS).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 55
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 05
Price - Weighting: 40
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-003868
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
001
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 April 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Townsweb Archiving Ltd
High Birches, 120 Rockingham Road
Kettering
NN16 9AG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC23 - Sunderland
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £350,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Council of the City of Sunderland
Corporate Procurement Team, City Hall, Plater Way
Sunderland
SR1 3AA
Country
United Kingdom