Data Transcription Services for Historical Records
The University of Edinburgh requires a supplier to manually transcribe between 18.7 and 25.2 million hand written Scottish vital events records i.e. births, marriages and deaths, since 1856. This has an estimated character count of 3.3 billion characters. Scanned images of the records will be made available to the successful supplier via a web interface. This interface will also provide a pre-existing database into which the transcribed data will be manually inputted by the successful bidder. This requirement is no...
Buyer
University Of Edinburgh
Value
£1,500,000
Published
26 Oct 2016
Closes
25 Nov 2016
Procurement details
Source
Pcs
Region
United Kingdom
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
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Contract ends
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CPV classifications
72300000
Data services
72312000
Data entry services
72311100
Data conversion services
72310000
Data-processing services
72312100
Data preparation services
72313000
Data capture services
Lots
Lot 1 Data Transcription Services for Historical Records
£1,500,000
The University of Edinburgh has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to create a multidisciplinary research database from historical vital events records. This Digitising Scotland project is looking for a supplier to manually transcribe between 18.7 and 25.2 million hand written Scottish vital events records i.e. births, marr...
Delivery: Edinburgh, City of
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The University of Edinburgh requires a supplier to manually transcribe between 18.7 and 25.2 million hand written Scottish vital events records i.e. births, marriages and deaths, since 1856. This has an estimated character count of 3.3 bill...
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