CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Merthyr Tydfil Archives Study

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is seeking to appoint a capable and experienced provider to carry out a specific piece of work around the following

Leading an examination of archives and collections that can shed light on Merthyr Tydfil’s pivotal role in the industrial revolution and its subsequent development.

Reviewing collections to help shape the physical proposals for the development of a National Centre for Industrial Heritage. The results of the archive study will inform the work of exhibition designers for the new centre.

Working with organisations such as Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust, Glamorgan Archives and National Museum for Wales.

Creating a register of all findings so a detailed record of information is available to support any future developments.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=102808.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

To search for written and any other material evidence that will assist in the creation of exhibits for an international quality visitor attraction. These materials would be related, but not necessarily limited to the telling of the following stories:

-the growth of iron-making and the history of industrial innovation

-the ironmasters and their relations with their work force

-the industry’s international reach – to France, Russia and America

-social conditions, including the role of women

-social and political development – including the Merthyr Rising of 1831

-the Aberfan disaster

In doing so the study will at all times to keep in mind the potential of all materials to contribute to impactful visual display.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Bidders will need to demonstrate relevant experience and respond to the criteria contained in the attached documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

MTCBC/MTAS 2020

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:102808)

5.2

Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice