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Jisc

Digital Preservation Systems DPS

IT ServicesCPV 72910000
Value£10.0m
Deadline19 Feb 2029
Published19 Jan 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Jan 2024941 days leftCloses 19 Feb 2029
Who to contact
Clare Nurton
procurement@jisc.ac.uk
+44 3003002212

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£10.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£10.8m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Dynamic Purchasing System is being established by Jisc to provide Digital Preservation System solutions to institutions.

Institutions generate, consume and keep enormous amounts of Digital Information (“Data”).

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability and access to such Data, institutions make use of Digital Preservation (DP) systems to keep the Data both safe (bit preservation) and usable.

Digital preservation is a relatively complex process requiring significant storage and processing power.

This DPS will enable HEIs and other institutions to be able to efficiently procure Digital Preservation Systems in a way that is compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Dynamic Purchasing System is being established

The Dynamic Purchasing System is being established by Jisc to provide Digital Preservation System solutions to institutions.

02

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability and access to such Data, institutions make use of Digital Preservation (DP) systems to keep the Data both safe (bit preservation) and usable.

03

This DPS will enable HEIs and other

This DPS will enable HEIs and other institutions to be able to efficiently procure Digital Preservation Systems in a way that is compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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