Awarded contract

Digitisation of Suffolk Archival Records

Details

Buyer: Suffolk County Council
Supplier(s): Ancestry Global Holdings Limited
Value: £150,000
Duration: 6 years
Topic: Records
Published: 14 March 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Contract with a commercial publisher to digitise the Parish Registers and other records for the county. The Contract involves granting the publisher exclusive rights (for a fixed period) to host the records on their website and market them to paying subscribers. In return, the publisher agrees to deliver and pay for the scanning, indexing, and hosting of the records and to pay the council a share of the royalties that it earns on a pay per view basis.

Timeline

Completed: Award published14 March 2023
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 April 2023
Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Suffolk County Council is a local authority procuring under the Procurement Act 2023. Dynamic purchasing systems cover Adult and Community Learning and Passenger Transport Services, open to new suppliers at any time. Suppliers are also expected to add value to the local economy, the Suffolk pound.

Many contracts are let through frameworks, pre-approved supplier lists awarded competitively or, where permitted, by direct award.

Over the past 5 years, most of Suffolk County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, education and training and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@suffolk-county-council.gov