Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-22
Buyer: National Records of Scotland
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48200000 | 48221000 | 48222000 | 48329000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 171000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Authority intends to purchase a service solution that will capture, preserve, allow general access to archived copies of Scottish public sector websites and restore broken web links.
The Authority requires a complete service solution that will include the fully service compliant configuration, implementation and operation of the service as set out addressing the following key components:
(i) Capture: configuration for the capture of content from live websites via client-side remote harvesting, to an agreed schedule and depth; (ii) Host: captured content to be made viewable to NRS staff for quality assurance before being hosted securely by the Service Provider for public access; (iii) Supply: archived content and associated meta-data to be generated and delivered to The Authority by the Service Provider in ISO: 28500:2009 WARC files, which NRS will permanently preserve; (iv) Access: the Service Provider to securely make available on their own hosted website a copy of archived content for online public access. The host site to be identified as the NRS Client Web Archive; and (v) Continuity: the Service Provider must also deliver redirection capability. This will enable users to be automatically redirected from ‘404’ broken links on specified live websites to the NRS Client Web Archive, where a search for the latest archived version of that particular page will be undertaken.
NRS will initially require the archiving of approximately 140 target websites on a permissions basis but the number of target websites may change during the life of the contract. The Authority aims to archive a minimum of a 230 captures of these websites up to a maximum of 350 per annum via this service.
The Contract will include the fully service compliant configuration, implementation and operation of the service as set out within the invitation to tender documentation.
2 x 12 month period extensions are available subject to contract performance and the ongoing requirement of the Authority to continue with the service.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
ESPD (Scotland) Question Reference OB (1a): Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 80 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
ESPD (Scotland) Question Reference 4B2 (2a): Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 80 000 GBP for the last 2 years in the business area covered by the contract.
ESPD (Scotland) Question Reference 4B3: Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
ESPD (Scotland) Question Reference 4B5: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
ESPD Question 4C.1.2 (1b): must provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4) of the OJEU Contract Notice;
ESPD Question 4C.2 (2): Bidders must provide details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control;
ESPD Question 4C.3 (3): Bidders must demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the appropriate technical facilities, study and research facilities and quality measures to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4) in the OJEU Contract Notice;


Award value: 171000