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ITT - Storage Design and Environmental Requirements Framework for Archaeological Archives in England - UID 369

Open United Kingdom Research & development

Buyer Historic England

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
09:30 (UTC)
Estimated value
€28,224
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

27 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,111 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 26 days (median of its last 17 calls for tender).

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

This project seeks a supplier to define the ideal physical infrastructure for a National Collection of Archaeological Archives in England. Using the baseline model set out in the Options for Sustainable Archaeological Archives Report, it will establish an evidence-based storage system for a state-of-the-art national store covering archives that cannot be deposited regionally. The work will cover storage environments, spatial organisation, sustainability and repository design requirements, and will provide an evidence base for future infrastructure planning, supporting business case development, cost modelling, building design and site selection. The project responds to the growing storage crisis caused by museum capacity limits.

Description

This a visionary project to define the ideal physical infrastructure for a National Collection of Archaeological Archives (NCAA) in England. It addresses the growing crisis in archaeological archive storage due to museum capacity limits and aims to establish a state-of-the-art national store that ensures preservation, accessibility, and sustainability for whole archaeological archives of England where regional deposition is not possible. The aim of this project is to define a best evidence-based storage system for a national store of archaeological archives. The baseline model for such a store has already been outlined in the Options for Sustainable Archaeological Archives Report and is described below. The Operating Model has also been explored. In addition to establishing a vision for a national archaeological archive repository, this project will provide an evidence base for future infrastructure planning, including storage environments, spatial organisation, sustainability, and repository design requirements. The findings will support complementary work on business case development, cost modelling, building design, and site selection.

Bid or no-bid?

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €28,224.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Research & development.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 20 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €53,457 and €305,134.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 35 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 226 awards for Research & development in United Kingdom.

This notice
€28,224
Median award
€116,564
Middle half of past awards
€53,457 to €305,134

The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Historic England

United Kingdom

notices in the register
35
awards
16

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
14
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
21%
of its calls state an estimated value
89%

Based on 14 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Research & development - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD 12 €30.8M Sep 2026
WSP UK LIMITED 6 €5.9M Sep 2026
Verian Group UK Limited 6 €5.0M Sep 2026
Ove Arup 6 €1.7M Sep 2026
Ipsos Mori 6 €786,482 Aug 2026

Based on 275 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

12 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 6% of the open notices in Research & development across Europe.

open now in Research & development
619
median open notice
€294,576

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Research & development

different companies won awards here
198
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
99

Based on 273 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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