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QU316 - Survey of Sutton Coldfield Library's Archives and Local Studies Collections
Descriptions
Sutton Coldfield archive comprises around 500 linear metres of shelving and c.400 records management boxes of archival and local history material that includes: o the records of Sutton Borough Council from the mid-19th century to c.1974 o an extensive collection of local authority building plans o historic newspapers o photographic collections o material relating to the 9th Scout Jamboree held in Sutton Coldfield in 1957 o Civil Defence records o local history published works The archive is currently stored in three separate store rooms at the library site at Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield. To facilitate this, the Council requires a supplier for the provision of work to comprise: 1) Preliminary work to provide intellectual control of the collections and an appraisal of the conservation and preservation needs of the collection. This will inform: 2) Production of a report to present recommendations for the future of the collections, to include costed option, with time scales, for future cataloguing/intellectual control work, conservation and preservation work. The report will need to give consideration to the provision of EN 16893:2018 compliant storage and access to the material by stakeholders. The anticipated length of the project will be 6 months. The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000. Your completed quote submission should be returned by noon on 8th January 2020 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
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79995100 - Archiving services
92510000 - Library and archive services
92500000 - Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
39131100 - Archive shelving
92512000 - Archive services
Keywords
archive shelving
records storage shelves
document archive racks
archive racking
archival storage furniture
file archive shelving
archival storage
document preservation
records archiving
digital archiving
archival indexing
historical document management
archive maintenance
retrieval services
archival standards
record retention
cultural institution services
archival management
library operations
museum programming
heritage preservation services
cultural facility support
book lending services
digital archive Management
collection cataloguing
public library operations
archive retrieval support
library membership services
document archiving
historical record storage
archive preservation management
metadata cataloguing
public record retrieval
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