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Supply, Delivery, Installation & On-Site Maintenance of Digitisation Scanning Equipment

British Library

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Key details

Contracting authority
British Library
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
London
Delivery: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Contract value
£500,000ex VAT
£600,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
27 June 2025
Published
2 June 2025

Procurement

Contract period
4 August 2025 - 30 September 2028
3 years
Possible extension to 1 October 2035 · 10 years, 1 month in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 38520000 Scanners

What happened

British Library awarded this contract to J&J Negus Ltd t/a Genus worth £500,000 on 15 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 30 Sept 2028.

Description

The purpose of this tender is to procure a suite of brand-new digitisation equipment to support the high-quality, high-speed digital capture of a wide range of archival and heritage materials. The equipment required includes:

•Two large-format line scanners (up to A0 size) for items such as newspapers

•Six overhead line scanners suitable for documents such as journals

•Four microfilm scanners capable of high-volume digitisation of various microfilm formats

This contract also covers on-site maintenance services.

The contract shall be awarded in its entirety to one supplier and will not be let in lots due to the economic and practical efficiencies presented by a single contract delivery model as set out in the ITT documents.

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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Scanners./QT4X865VQ2

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Awarded supplier

Supplier
J&J Negus Ltd t/a Genus
Award value
£500,000
Award date
15 July 2025

Contact

Address
96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

Identifiers

Notice ID
029113-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a8e

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