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Contract notice

Information

Published

Expire date: 17/03/2023

External Reference: 2023-557425

FTS Reference: 2023-005006

Contract notice

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Falmouth Exeter Plus
5103240
Penryn Campus
Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9FE
UK
Contact person: Laura Lay
E-mail: Laura.Lay@fxplus.ac.uk
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://fxplus.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/105170

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=60470&B=FXPLUS
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:  https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=60470&B=FXPLUS
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Invitation to tender for Provision of Digital Preservation System
Reference number:  1946Falmouth
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48160000  -  Library software package
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

Falmouth University are tendering for a Digital Preservation System to support research projects within the cultural heritage sector. Initially it will be used to support the GWITHA project.
GWITHA seeks to establish an open centre for immersive approaches to archives and draw together the rich potential these resources have in supporting the capturing and sharing both the material and intangible cultural heritage of the far Southwest. The nature of site-specific/ landscape theatre has rendered much of its outcomes as resistant to documentation. Thus, GWITHA is a project designed to aid researchers / archivists in capturing, preserving, revivifying and facilitating access to performance practices that have hitherto been difficult or impossible to document in forms idiomatic to their integrity.
II.1.5)

Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 120000.00  GBP
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48160000  -  Library software package
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
Penryn Campus
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Falmouth University are tendering for a Digital Preservation System to support research projects within the cultural heritage sector. Initially it will be used to support the GWITHA project.
GWITHA seeks to establish an open centre for immersive approaches to archives and draw together the rich potential these resources have in supporting the capturing and sharing both the material and intangible cultural heritage of the far Southwest. The nature of site-specific/ landscape theatre has rendered much of its outcomes as resistant to documentation. Thus, GWITHA is a project designed to aid researchers / archivists in capturing, preserving, revivifying and facilitating access to performance practices that have hitherto been difficult or impossible to document in forms idiomatic to their integrity.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 120000.00  GBP
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  17/03/2023
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English
IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until:  20/03/2023
IV.2.7)

Conditions for opening of tenders

Date:  17/03/2023
Local time:  12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.2)

Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Falmouth Exeter Express
Penryn Campus
PENRYN
TR10 9FE
UK
E-mail: c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Falmouth University
Penryn Campus
PENRYN
TR10 9FE
UK
E-mail: c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Falmouth University
Penryn Campus
PENRYN
TR10 9FE
UK
E-mail: c.jones@fxplus.ac.uk