Contract

UK GOVERNMENT WEB ARCHIVE & EU EXIT WEB ARCHIVE

  • The National Archives

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-032154

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03ae0a

Published 31 October 2023, 2:27pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The National Archives

RUSKIN AVENUE

RICHMOND

TW94DU

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2088763444

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

National or federal Agency/Office

one.5) Main activity

Recreation, culture and religion


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

UK GOVERNMENT WEB ARCHIVE & EU EXIT WEB ARCHIVE

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Keeper of Public Records and Chief Executive of The National Archives (TNA), is appointed by the Secretary of State for DCMS under the Public Record Act 1958. The Keeper has a broad duty to take all practicable steps for the preservation of public records and also to provide reasonable facilities for the public to inspect and access public records.

Over the last 25 years an important part of the public record has been published on the web. TNA delivers a service to capture these records and make them available to the public. The operating model involves an in-house team alongside a contract for the provision of web archiving services. The contracted services involve crawling government websites, storing the contents in the UKGWA and making the contents available to the public. These records also provide valuable contextual information for other records when they are eventually made available by TNA.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £2,037,000 / Highest offer: £2,100,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

he Keeper of Public Records and Chief Executive of The National Archives (TNA), is appointed by the Secretary of State for DCMS under the Public Record Act 1958. The Keeper has a broad duty to take all practicable steps for the preservation of public records and also to provide reasonable facilities for the public to inspect and access public records.

Over the last 25 years an important part of the public record has been published on the web. TNA delivers a service to capture these records and make them available to the public. The operating model involves an in-house team alongside a contract for the provision of web archiving services. The contracted services involve crawling government websites, storing the contents in the UKGWA and making the contents available to the public. These records also provide valuable contextual information for other records when they are eventually made available by TNA.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Three optional extension periods of up to 12 months each.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

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: 2023/S 000-006325


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

22 September 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 4

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MIRRORWEB LIMITED

Manchester

M3 3BZ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD - North West (England)
Companies House

08072284

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,037,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £2,037,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The National Archives

Richmond

TW9 4DU

Country

United Kingdom