The Wedgwood Museum Trust: Digital Wedgwood Project: Hardware Supplier

Pre-qualification for Invitation to Tender for Digital Wedgwood Hardware contract.

Interested companies are invited to submit pre-qualification documentation for supply, installation and commissioning of the Digital Wedgwood hardware. The pre-qualification document can be obtained on request from Intelligent Heritage (a.cooper@intelligentheritage.com)

The closing date for submitting pre-qualification documents is Friday 29th February 2008.

Background
The Wedgwood Museum aims to be at the centre of learning for the heritage of the ceramic industry, the Wedgwood family and cultural background of the Potteries. Its collections are designated of national importance by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.

A new £10.2m museum - made possible by a £5.85m grant from HLF - is due to open in summer 2008

Digital Wedgwood
Digital Wedgwood is the Museum's project to provide a range of e-learning and other digital resources to make the collection more accessible to the public:

• in the galleries (interactives, films, touch screens etc.)
• online (a new museum website)
• new e-learning programmes (available to pre-booked school and family groups in the museum's dedicated education suite)

Hardware Supplier
The Museum wishes to appoint a Hardware Contractor for the Digital Wedgwood applications and the underlying content management system.

Tender Process
The appointment of a Digital Wedgwood Hardware Contractor will be by selective competitive tendering and the short listing of suitable Suppliers will be based on responses to the pre-qualification document.

Selection Criteria
Selection for inclusion on the final list of Digital Wedgwood Hardware Suppliers will be on the basis of submissions and the following criteria:

• track record
• relevant experience
• proposed team and experience of key team members
• approach to project

Responses
The pre-qualification information requested should be submitted no later than 12.00 noon on Friday 29th February 2008.

Responses may be submitted by email to a.cooper@intelligentheritage.com or by post to:
Adrian Cooper,
Director Intelligent Heritage
10 Loftus Road
Lonon W12 7EN

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