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# 2023_Arts - British Council Collection Management System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2023-arts-british-council-collection-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0419db). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** British Council: "2023_Arts - British Council Collection Management System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £140,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Dec 2023, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [British Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-council-gov-ot313)
- **Published Value:** £140,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 December 2023 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £89,012 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2023-arts-british-council-collection-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0419db#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0419db`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2023-arts-british-council-collection-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0419db#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbritishcouncil%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2023-arts-british-council-collection-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0419db#participate

## Description
British Council’s Visual Arts team manages the British Council Collection of nearly 9,000 works of modern and contemporary art. The main objectives of this tender are to procure a Spectrum compliant database collections management system and option for a linked public catalogue website of artworks and publications owned by or on loan to the British Council, migrating all data from the current system. Examples of artwork data include: accession numbers, titles, artists, categories, descriptions, themes, media attachments, documents, condition notes, movements, packing information, copyright, acquisition, valuation, exhibition and loan records.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £140,000
- **Description:** British Council’s Visual Arts team manages the British Council Collection of nearly 9,000 works of modern and contemporary art. The main objectives of this tender are to procure a Spectrum compliant database collections management system and option f...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030056-2024-BC/03220-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SKINsoft**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-124694`
  - Value: £89,012 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030056-2024-BC/03220-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £89,012
  - Signed Date: 30/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030056-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-19T15:19:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T20:49:25.765Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0419db