001403 National Learning Engagement Programme (LOT 2)

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) is a partnership project led by the British Library and involves ten organisations across the UK. This project will digitally preserve some of the most vulnerable recordings and, in doing so, establish the infrastructure for our audio heritage to be saved and shared with a wide range of audiences. UOSH forms part of a core British Library programme, Save Our Sounds, which pledges to preserve the nation's sound heritage. The Heritage Lottery Fund grant will enable the British Library to achieve key aims of its ambitious Save Our Sounds programme by preserving the nation's most at risk sounds and, delivering online resources and a vibrant programme of activities across the UK, connecting people with their audio heritage.

As part of this project, the British Library will preserve 110,000 physical sound items, and between them the 10 hubs will preserve 50,000. The recordings that have been selected for preservation are based on a list produced by British Library curators and the hubs during the project's development phase, following our national audit of UK sound collections.

To fulfil this requirement, we are looking for an experienced consultant or team of individuals who are able to work with our staff to evaluate the UOSH activities over the period of the project (next 3 years).

Additional information: Please follow the instructions below to register on the system and submit a tender.

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. Express an Interest in the tender

Login to the portal with the username/password, Click the ITTs Open To All Suppliers link. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content, 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 ITTs 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 can now use the Messages function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification, Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT, There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the Actions box on the left-hand side of the page.