Digital Preservation System

Cambridgeshire County Council
East of England
Direct award
1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029

Implementation of a digital preservation system adhering to ISO 14721:2012 standards. The system must provide core functional modules including ingest, archival storage, data management, administration, access, preservation planning, and preservation action to support secure content upload and long-term data integrity.

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Awarded value: £32k; As published
Published: 8 July 2026
Awarded: 31 March 2026; Preservica
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 31 March 2029

What the contract covers

System/goods

Provision of a digital preservation software platform compliant with OAIS reference architecture for long-term archival storage and data management.

Digital Preservation system conforming to the Open Archival Information System standard, OAIS reference architecture (ISO14721:2012), with Ingest, Archival Storage, Data Management, Administration, Access, Preservation Planning and Preservation Action functions, and Content Upload

Terms and requirements

Contract type: System/goods
Procedure: Direct award
Initial term: 36 months
Contract dates: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Category: Goods
CPV codes: 48000000, 72000000

Services in this contract

Digital preservationMain service£113k typicalOAIS-conformant digital preservation system

Lifecycle

Published
8 July 2026
Contract awardedto Preservica
31 March 2026
Contract starts
1 April 2026
Contract ends
31 March 2029

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Cambridgeshire County Council

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Preservica

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3636244/digital-preservation-system
Buyer reference: CCC001-DN821097-10953906
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-93dd7a2d-32b8-43fa-9ee4-6bacb396e0d4
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Cambridgeshire County Council. Digital Preservation System. Contract award, 8 July 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3636244/digital-preservation-system (accessed 5 November 2026).