The National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk) has today issued a request for tenders for the creation of indexes for the 1921 Scottish census.
A notice entitled Creation of Transcriptions (Electronic Indexes) of the Historic 1921 Scotland’s Census Handwritten Records, is available on the Public Contracts Scotland website at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk. From the notice:
National Records of Scotland are seeking to appoint a Service Provider to:
a) Deliver transcription of the 1921 Census images.
b) Deliver a quality assurance methodology to ensure the transcription meets NRS required level of accuracy (accuracy level of the data transcribed is required to be at least 98%. This means that a minimum of 98% of the characters captured into the final version of the dataset accurately match the handwritten characters on the images).
c) Provide ICT infrastructure (software, hardware, and database for storing images and transcribed data to facilitate the transcription and quality assurance).
d) Ensure a sufficient level of security is applied to ensure project material is protected from accidental or deliberate loss, theft or damage. and
f) Deliver management arrangements to deliver these requirements.
The contract to be awarded is initially set at 12 months, but may be extended:
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Two optional six months extensions at the sole discretion of the Purchaser.
The deadline for applications is 27 AUG 2021. (The full notice is at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL422377; registration is required to view)
Interestingly, this follows on from another request made by the NRS earlier this year, entitled 1921 Census - Transcription of Historical Handwritten Records (see https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR409164)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
National Records of Scotland are undertaking a Request for Information (RFI) to provide NRS with a better understanding of the potential options and initiatives/developments within the market that are available to carry out transcription of historical handwritten records.
The RFI document is available from the Public Contracts Scotland Website.
The deadline for raising any questions in relation to the RFI is noon GMT on 18 March 2021, with the deadline for responding to the RFI being noon GMT on 26 March 2021
This may help to set in context the delays of the census being released until late next year, as previously reported at http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/06/scottish-1921-census-release-delayed.html.
Chris
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