Academic Digitisation & Licensing: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Persia: from Silk Road to Soviet Rule

The purpose of this Procurement Process is for The National Archives (TNA) to select a Supplier to digitise and to publish online the Foreign Office records of Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, in a collection provisionally titled: Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan: from the Silk Road to Soviet Rule, 1800-1922. The contract award will include a commercial licence to publish online digital images and associated metadata, and a requirement to fund and undertake all the necessary activities to make that possible - including conservation, digital image capture, transcription of data to allow for meaningful searches of the records, and online publication. TNA expects that this contract will comprise a licence to publish the records online for a period of ten years with potential options to renew. TNA expects that the appointed Supplier will deliver the contract at nil cost to TNA, and will also deliver a royalty return to TNA during the contract period, in consideration for the licence to publish the Collection