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NLS Mass Digitisation of Bound Materials

Prior information notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Contact point(s): Digital Assets
For the attention of: Francine Millard
EH1 1EW Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1316233700
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1316233701

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.nls.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11622

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)

II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
NLS Mass Digitisation of Bound Materials
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Edinburgh

NUTS code UKM25

II.3)Information on framework agreement
II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The National Library of Scotland (NLS) is seeking a supplier who will bring equipment and staff to NLS premises in Edinburgh to scan selected bound materials from NLS collections. The supplier will produce colour tif or jp2 or minimally compressed jpeg files (master version, and cropped and rotated master version) and file management metadata. NLS will produce both PDF and OCR files for this project.
It is anticipated thet the competition will be conducted using the restricted procedure as set out in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations) with all parties invited to participate in the prequalification stage by completing a prequalification questionnaire.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=268511.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 150 000 and 300 000 GBP

Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79999100, 79960000, 79961000, 79520000, 79995100, 92510000, 72313000, 72310000

II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures
16.12.2013
II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.8)Additional information:

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
The aim is to digitise several million pages (NLS can support the production of up to 6,000 scans per day) which will be released online as part of the NLS digitisation programme. The scanning is anticipated to start in January 2014 and run for 15 months, with subject to satisfactory performance, an option to extend for a further 12 months.
(SC Ref:268511)
VI.3)Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
19.6.2013