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# Digital Preservation and Storage Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-preservation-and-storage-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0329b4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dorset Council: "Digital Preservation and Storage Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 May 2022, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Dorset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dorset-council-ons-e06000059)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 May 2022 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKK2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £359,525 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0329b4`

## 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/digital-preservation-and-storage-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0329b4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-preservation-and-storage-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0329b4#participate

## Description
The delivery of a digital preservation and storage service for Council archives. Dorset Council’s Dorset History Centre is dedicated to collecting and preserving the rich heritage of Dorset and looks after council records as well as personal collections for Dorset Council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Dorset Council is acting as the lead procurer of the service on behalf of a consortium of other local authorities. The list of current partners is:
Dorset History Centre
West Sussex Record Office
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Oxfordshire History Centre
Staffordshire Archives
Berkshire Record Office
Kent Archives
Birmingham Archives
Portsmouth City Council

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Dorset Council is seeking a provider to deliver a digital preservation and storage service for its archives. The Council’s Dorset History Centre is dedicated to collecting and preserving the rich heritage of Dorset and looks after council records as ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 017242-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Preservica Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172616`
  - Value: £359,525 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 017242-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £359,525
  - Signed Date: 23/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017242-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-23T16:00:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:08:36.997Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0329b4