Open UK Web Archive Redevelopment Project

The British Library seeks to award a contract for the provision of website development. The work will focus on the re-development of the Open UK Web Archive (http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/).

The final deliverable of the contract is a new web-based end-user application that provides an interface to the Library’s several web archives. This must help the user to search and browse these rich collections, which are now significantly larger than the selective archive and contain billions of URLs with different access rights.

The new interface should also present the web archives innovatively in a usable and intuitive way that is visually compelling. It should meet the requirements of research users as well as general usage.

The contractor is expected to take an iterative approach, releasing multiple versions for testing and obtaining user feedback during the development process.

The contract will be awarded following a tendering process. The envisaged period of the contract will be eighteen months, broken into two phases. The former will produce a public beta version of the website for testing and user feedback, the latter focuses on enhancements and additional development, based on the outputs of the previous phase.

Additional information: NOTE: IF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED ON THE BRITISH LIBRARY'S E-TENDERING PORTAL PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO STEP 2 BELOW.

IF UNREGISTERED PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO REGISTER

1. Register your company on the e-tendering portal (this is only required once).

Select the ‘Login or register to participate’ link above and click the ‘Click here to register’ link on the home page.

Accept the terms and conditions and click continue,

Enter your correct business and user details,

Note the username you chose and click Save when complete,

You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Respond to the ITT

Login to the portal with the username/password,

Click the ITT's Open To All Suppliers link.

Click on the relevant Tender

Click the Express Interest button in the Actions box on the left-hand side of the page, This will move the ITT into your My ITT's page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only), You can now access any attachments by clicking the Settings and Buyer Attachments in the Actions box

3. Responding to the ITT

You can now choose to Reply or Reject (please give a reason if rejecting),

You must use the Messages function to communicate to the Library and seek any clarification, Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete your response to the ITT.

You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the Actions box on the left-hand side of the page.

If you have a technical issue please use the online Help function, call the free helpline on 0800 368 4850