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# Digitisation of Local History and Library Collections

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digitisation-of-local-history-and-library-collections-ocds-h6vhtk-0315b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sunderland City Council: "Digitisation of Local History and Library Collections". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.nepo.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sunderland City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library and archive services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £350,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0315b7`

## 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/digitisation-of-local-history-and-library-collections-ocds-h6vhtk-0315b7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nepo.org](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepo.org)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digitisation-of-local-history-and-library-collections-ocds-h6vhtk-0315b7#participate

## 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).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 92510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **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 ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010472-2022-001-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Townsweb Archiving Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50750`
  - Value: £350,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010472-2022-001-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £350,000
  - Signed Date: 19/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010472-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-22T11:41:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:41:41.747Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0315b7