002611 Supply, Delivery, Installation & On-Site Maintenance of Digitisation Scanning Equipment
Details
- Buyer
- British Library
- Value
- £487,718
- Topic
- Scanners
- Published
- 8 May 2025
- Submission
- 7 June 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The purpose of this tender is to procure a suite of brand-new digitisation equipment to support the high-quality, high-speed digital capture of a wide range of archival and heritage materials. The equipment required includes: •Two large-format line scanners (up to A0 size) for items such as newspapers •Six overhead line scanners suitable for documents such as journals •Four microfilm scanners capable of high-volume digitisation of various microfilm formats Where applicable, scanners should be equipped with features such as weighted book cradles and automatic or semi-automatic glass systems, with the capability to move the scanning bed independently of the glass to apply appropriate pressure in line with conservation standards To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=945231953
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published8 May 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date7 June 2025
About the buyer
British Library is the national library of the UK, a charity, and buys as one of government's agencies and non-departmental public bodies. Contract notices are published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the government's central procurement portals. Larger framework tenders, such as its conservation and binding arrangement, run through the Delta eSourcing portal. That framework appoints between one and six suppliers across separate lots for different services. Recent notices have covered a Future Web Programme contract for its digital services. British Library Publishing has separately tendered for sales representation covering London and the South East.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of British Library's contract awards have been in business services, recreation, culture and sport and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 38520000 · Scanners
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-library.gov |
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