Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-31
Buyer: The British Library
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48783000 | 72212783
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The British Library is inviting potential software providers to submit information and propose options and possible business solutions for the provision of an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution which will support a vision of ‘smarter working’, and provide capabilities in the areas of collaborative working, mobile working, administrative workflow, and document/records management.
The British Library is also seeking an implementation partner who will both manage the installation of the selected solution, and then collaborate with the Library to implement two pilot projects using the system; it is envisaged that the implementation partner will, as part of these 2 pilot projects, provide business analysis, project management, and technical training/knowledge transfer in relation to the ECM system.
This implementation partner may be either the vendor of the system, or a subcontractor or chosen partner of the vendor.
The British Library is inviting potential software providers to submit information and propose options and possible business solutions for the provision of an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution which will support a vision of ‘smarter working’, and provide capabilities in the areas of collaborative working, mobile working, administrative workflow, and document/records management.
The British Library is also seeking an implementation partner who will both manage the installation of the selected solution, and then collaborate with the Library to implement two pilot projects using the system; it is envisaged that the implementation partner will, as part of these 2 pilot projects, provide business analysis, project management, and technical training/knowledge transfer in relation to the ECM system.
This implementation partner may be either the vendor of the system, or a subcontractor or chosen partner of the vendor.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://bl.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register, — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘I agree’, — Enter your correct business and user details, — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete, — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender, — Login to the portal with the username/password, — Click the ‘PQQs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier), — Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ into your ‘My PQQs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender, — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining), — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification, — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ, — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.


Award value: 500000