Creative Content Exchange Platform

Natural History MuseumcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05e256Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending

Estimated value

Awarded value

£500k

Awarded 03 Feb 2026

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

04 Feb 2026

Description

The UK Government is committed to establishing a Creative Content Exchange (CCE) in the Creative Industries Sector Plan (June 2025). The intention is for the CCE to be a trusted marketplace for selling, buying, licensing, and enabling permitted access to digitised cultural and creative assets. To test the proof of concept behind the CCE, The Natural History Museum (NHM) in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is organising a small, closed pilot. As part of this NHM is exploring options for procuring a complete platform solution to house the Creative Content Exchange (CCE) for the duration of the pilot. We envisage that this solution will need to comprise: a) infrastructure and utilities for effecting the exchange of data and content (text, video, audio, multi-modal) between providers and consumers; b) the facility for providers and consumers to enter into licensing and other types of commercial agreements; c) the ability to set terms and conditions of use for the CCE that providers and consumers need to adhere to; d) facility for a notice and takedown process within an agreed SLA; e) human technical support for providers, consumers and the CCE team within agreed SLAs; f) training for CCE team on use of the platform in the UK; g) agreement that the whole of the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be located in the UK and governed by UK law; h) adequate security to ensure the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be safe from malicious access; i) facility for content providers to make content samples available to consumers; j) provision of a sandbox or similar type of test environments; k) provision of fine grained access controls for content providers to configure; and l) billing, invoicing and payment facility. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1011515324

Scope

Reference
994397042
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
23 Feb 2026 to 23 Feb 2027
Possible extension to 23 Feb 2028

The Contract may be extended beyond the Initial Term on a maximum of two occasions, for a period of up to 6 months on each occasion (each a "Renewal Period") at NHM's sole discretion, by NHM giving the Contractor not less than one months' notice prior to the expiry of the Initial Term or the Renewal Period (as applicable).

CPV classifications
48200000
48490000
72200000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
TechnicalSee ITTquality60.00%
Social ValueSee ITTquality10.00%
CommercialSee ITTprice30.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

See ITT

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£500k

Award date

03 Feb 2026

Contract start

24 Feb 2026

Contract end

24 Feb 2027

Awarded to
HG
SME