# Digitisation of Suffolk Archival Records

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Suffolk County Council](/buyers/suffolk-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Ancestry Global Holdings Limited
- Award value: £150,000
- Tender value: £150,000
- Award date: 10 March 2023
- Published: 14 March 2023
- Contract start: 1 April 2023
- Contract end: 30 June 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 35492e2d-7bb6-49d1-92bd-d17c54dc3381-623433
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2950c969-4111-4096-a2c3-bf42c8b74c2f

## Description

Contract with a commercial publisher to digitise the Parish Registers and other records for the county\. The Contract involves granting the publisher exclusive rights \(for a fixed period\) to host the records on their website and market them to paying subscribers\. In return, the publisher agrees to deliver and pay for the scanning, indexing, and hosting of the records and to pay the council a share of the royalties that it earns on a pay per view basis\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/35492e2d-7bb6-49d1-92bd-d17c54dc3381-623433)