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Tender: Storage Design and Environmental Requirements for a National Archaeological Archives Store in England

Released 28 days ago

Closes02 Nov 2026

Likely valueEstimate£20K to £80KInflation adjusted

LocationUnited Kingdom

AgencyHistoric England

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryConsultancy & Legal

Submissions closedClosed Mon, 2 Nov 2026

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This project is seeking a supplier to define the ideal physical infrastructure and environmental requirements for a National Collection of Archaeological Archives (NCAA) in England. The work will address the growing crisis in archaeological archive storage caused by museum capacity limits by defining a state-of-the-art national store to ensure preservation, accessibility and sustainability for whole archaeological archives where regional deposition is not possible. The supplier will define a best evidence-based storage system using the baseline model in the Options for Sustainable Archaeological Archives Report and the explored Operating Model, and will provide an evidence base for future infrastructure planning including storage environments, spatial organisation, sustainability and repository design requirements to support business case development, cost modelling, building design and site selection.

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