CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Royal Commission: Web and Database Development Services

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Royal Commission is seeking a creative developer to deliver a new digital platform for curating and disseminating the National Monuments Record for Wales (NMRW). It will be based on open-source and middleware solutions and hosted in a cloud-based environment.

The system will provide a means of managing and extracting data from the Royal Commission’s databases and archive media, and deliver it to a web-based publicly accessible front end.

The contractor will meet the requirements expressed in our user stories by:

• Establishing an underlying data management layer using the ARCHES and AtoM open-source solutions, and the iBase digital asset management platform.

• Formatting data extracted in CSV format from the existing system to comply with the requirements of the data management layer.

• Ingesting data into the data management layer.

• Developing a middleware solution to dynamically extract data from the underlying data management layer.

• Developing a public web front-end driven by data from the middleware solution.

We are looking for a creative contractor who will work with our internal team throughout the project to transfer knowledge between staff at the Royal Commission and the contractor.

Further details are in the specification attachment.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=94668.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

An outline contract timetable is included in the specification document. The contract should be delivered in full by 31 March 2020.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

We expect that the successful contractor will be able to evidence substantial similar works completed.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:94668)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice