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title: "ITT (CF) - Digital Preservation System - UID 226M"
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# ITT (CF) - Digital Preservation System - UID 226M

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pme-digital-preservation-system-dps-uid-226m-ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Historic England: "ITT (CF) - Digital Preservation System - UID 226M". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,160,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT. Published submission portal: supplier.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 15 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Historic England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/historic-england-gov-pb1164)
- **Published Value:** £1,160,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2026 at 09:30 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electronic data management (EDM), Imaging and archiving system, Information systems, Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pme-digital-preservation-system-dps-uid-226m-ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e`

## 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/pme-digital-preservation-system-dps-uid-226m-ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplier.in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplier.in-tend.co.uk%2Fhistoricengland%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pme-digital-preservation-system-dps-uid-226m-ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e#participate

## Description
Historic England wishes to procure a full SaaS digital preservation system to enable the care of Historic England’s existing digital archive content, and to facilitate long-term care of data sets which are being created by Historic England teams, and which do not currently form part of the Digital Archive. The requirement is for a system which provides full digital preservation capabilities in line with the OAIS reference model, ISO14721.  The solution must include data hosting of the content stored in the Digital Archive in a cyber-secure environment as set out in the technical specification which forms part of this procurement pack.
Full details of this project can be found in the ITT.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48329000, 48613000, 48810000, 72222300

- **Estimated Value:** £1,160,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/01/2027 to 03/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F095640-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-09T11:36:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T08:43:26.320Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06d47e