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Planned procurement · Notice 105279-2026

Corporate Information Audiovisual Asset Management System

Science Museum Group

Value
£165k
Stage
Early notice
Where
UK-wide
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Not stated
Contract
1 Apr 2027 – 31 Jul 2027

In plain English

Science Museum Group wants an internal, non-public system for staff across its museums (London, Manchester, Bradford, York, Shildon and Wroughton) to search, manage and access audiovisual material such as video projects, oral history interviews and complex multimedia files. The estimated value is £165,000, with a contract period from 1 April 2027 to 31 July 2027.

Good fit for: Software or digital asset management suppliers who can supply and set up a media archive system with cloud and tape storage.

The catch (with the notice's own words):
  • Must support cloud and LTO tape storage Support for multiple storage technologies including cloud and LTO tape.
  • Must follow 3:2:1:1:0 storage approach with scheduled fixity checks Storage management based around 3:2:1:1:0 methodology, including the ability to schedule fixity checking across the content held.
  • Must create access copies and extract technical metadata technical metadata extraction and “access copy” creation.

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What the buyer says

High Level Requirements The Science Museum Group comprises of a group of UK institutions: - Science Museum, London - Science & Industry Museum, Manchester - National Science & Media Museum, Bradford - National Railway Museum, York - Locomotion, Shildon - Science and Innovation Park, Wroughton The requirement is for an internal (non-public facing) Asset Management System that colleagues across the group can use to search, manage and access audiovisual materials that have been created or commissioned by the Science Museum Group (Corporate Records). These materials fall into three major categories, each which has its own use cases and workflows. - Video Production. At the end of a video project, whether it is a video for one of our YouTube channels or video content for our galleries and exhibitions, the deliverables (H.264, Apple ProRes 444), the edit project (ZIP, TAR) and camera rushes will be stored for long-term reference. The expectation is that the original files will be accessed very infrequently and, in most cases, can be managed via low bitrate “access copies”. - Oral Histories. This is a collection of interviews on a specific topic, normally audio only, but could include video. The management of such content requires consideration for time-based metadata (topics covered) as well as versioning as we may often have to produce a redacted version of an interview to remove Personally Identifiable Information. - Complex Digital Objects. This can cover multiple scenarios, but the key one would be the storage and management of multi-file multimedia deliverables such as Macromedia Director or Unity Projects that are used throughout the museums. These are large archive packages, such as ZIP or TAR, or disc images like ISO, IMG or VDHX. Alongside these content types would b…

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What happens next

This is an early notice: the buyer is planning a tender, and its documents come when the tender is published. The notice gives the buyer's team as procurement@sciencemuseum.ac.uk. Read the official notice for the details.

Procedure: not stated. Published 5 Nov 2026.

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