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title: "Provision of Archive Database Services"
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# Provision of Archive Database Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-archive-database-services-ocds-h6vhtk-069dec). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Buckingham Palace: "Provision of Archive Database Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Buckingham Palace](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/buckingham-palace-GB-PPON-PGLT-2499-PJTM)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Database and operating software package, Database services, Database software development services, Database software package, Database systems (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-archive-database-services-ocds-h6vhtk-069dec#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069dec`

## 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/provision-of-archive-database-services-ocds-h6vhtk-069dec#tl-md)

## Description
The Royal Household, including the Royal Collection Trust, may require the provision of a Digital Archive Management System. This may be delivered as a single provider solution or through a combination of integrated offerings. The required capabilities include:
•the ability to describe and administer the archive collection irrespective of the format of the records;
•the ingestion, secure storage and long-term management and preservation of digitised and born digital records; 
•controlled publication of catalogue descriptions and digital assets and provide effective search and discovery tools.
To support a possible future procurement activity, the team is seeking information from suppliers to enable initial knowledge-gathering about available software solutions and inform our requirements. Please note that part of the aim of the exercise is to decide on the budget for the contract, so no budget estimate is available at this time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48100000, 48600000, 48610000, 48611000, 48612000, 72212610

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2027 to 01/06/2032
- **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%2F046587-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-20T15:03:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T21:34:30.400Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069dec