Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Manchester City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Microform Imaging Limited SME
- Value
- £287,150
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2025
- Published18 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
Manchester City Council (MCC) currently holds 100 years' worth of physical birth, death, and marriage certificates on site. Some of these registers predate any electronic forms of registration and as such are irreplaceable and invaluable. If lost or destroyed, then the record is gone forever. The Council is about to embark on a project to digitise the physical registers and improve current processes via the adoption of imaging software. The council have a requirement for a third party to both digitise the physical records and provide a solution to store and search the digital records. \r \r Additional information: The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including standard selection questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 15th July 2024.
About the supplier
Microform Imaging Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02236624).