Microfilm Digitalisation, Including OCR Processing and Structure Analysis

Nasjonalbiblioteket

The National Library of Norway would like to keep the content of the physical collections for the future through the digitalisation programme. At the same time it would like to form the basis for future digital services on nb.no.
The National Library of Norway would like to reproduce the collection in high quality digital format in an authentic way. The content and scope of the collection is so comprehensive that well-defined, stable and cost efficient systems for digitalisation must be used.
The National Library of Norway's newspaper collection includes most newspaper editions in Norway through the ages. Large parts of the collection are available as both the original paper newspaper and on silver-based microfilm.
As an important element of the digitalisation of the newspaper collection, the National Library of Norway would like to establish a framework agreement with a tenderer who can digitalise considerable amounts of microfilmed newspapers, whilst the National Library of Norway will itself digitalise from the paper newspapers where wanted or required.

Frist

Fristen for mottak av tilbud var 2019-11-20. Anskaffelsen ble publisert 2019-10-15.

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Anskaffelseshistorikk
Dato Dokument
2019-10-15 Kunngjøring av konkurranse
2019-11-14 Tilleggsinformasjon
2019-11-25 Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt
Kunngjøring av konkurranse (2019-10-15)
Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Tittel: Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
Referansenummer: 2019/581
Kort beskrivelse:
The National Library of Norway would like to keep the content of the physical collections for the future through the digitalisation programme. At the same time it would like to form the basis for future digital services on nb.no. The National Library of Norway would like to reproduce the collection in high quality digital format in an authentic way. The content and scope of the collection is so comprehensive that well-defined, stable and cost efficient systems for digitalisation must be used. The National Library of Norway's newspaper collection includes most newspaper editions in Norway through the ages. Large parts of the collection are available as both the original paper newspaper and on silver-based microfilm. As an important element of the digitalisation of the newspaper collection, the National Library of Norway would like to establish a framework agreement with a tenderer who can digitalise considerable amounts of microfilmed newspapers, whilst the National Library of Norway will itself digitalise from the paper newspapers where wanted or required.
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Metadata for kunngjøring
Originalspråk: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Kunngjøring av konkurranse
Kontraktens art: Tjenester
Forskrift: Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområdet (EØS), med deltakelse av GPA-land
Felles innkjøpsordliste (CPV)
Kode: Utviklingstjenester relatert til Programvare for optisk tegngjenkjenning (OCR) 📦
Tilleggs-CPV: IT-tjenester 📦
Utførelsessted
NUTS-region: Nordland 🏙️

Prosedyre
Prosedyretype: Åpen anbudskonkurranse
Tilbudstype: Innlevering for alle delkontrakter
Tildelingskriterier
Det mest økonomisk fordelaktige tilbudet

Oppdragsgiver
Identitet
Land: Norge 🇳🇴
Type tildelende myndighet: Annet
Navn på tildelende myndighet: Nasjonalbiblioteket
Postadresse: Henrik Ibsensgate 110
Postnummer: 0255
Poststed: Oslo
Kontakt
Internettadresse: https://permalink.mercell.com/107215780.aspx 🌏
E-post: pal.tvedt@nb.no 📧
URL for dokumenter: https://permalink.mercell.com/107215780.aspx 🌏
URL for deltakelse: https://permalink.mercell.com/107215780.aspx 🌏

Referanse
Datoer
Sendt dato: 2019-10-15 📅
Innleveringsfrist: 2019-11-20 📅
Publiseringsdato: 2019-10-17 📅
Identifikatorer
Kunngjøringsnummer: 2019/S 201-489949
OJ-S-utgave: 201

Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Kort beskrivelse:
The National Library of Norway would like to
keep the content of the physical collections for the future through the digitalisation programme. At the same time it would like to form the basis for future digital services on nb.no.
reproduce the collection in high quality digital format in an authentic way. The content and scope of the collection is so comprehensive that well-defined, stable and cost efficient systems for digitalisation must be used.
The National Library of Norway's newspaper collection includes most newspaper editions in Norway through the ages. Large parts of the collection are available as both the original paper newspaper and on silver-based microfilm.
As an important element of the digitalisation of the newspaper collection, the National Library of Norway would like to establish a framework agreement with a tenderer who can digitalise considerable amounts of microfilmed newspapers, whilst the National Library of Norway will itself digitalise from the paper newspapers where wanted or required.
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The National Library of Norway's microfilm collection consists of more than 70 000 microfilm rolls. Most of the collection is 35 mm unperforated, black/white microfilm. The microfilms were produced in the period 1950-2009. The condition and quality will vary somewhat, depending on when and where the films were produced. Tenderers must describe in the tender how they can digitalise microfilm of varying quality. It is particularly important to get clarify any limitations that the National Library of Norway must include in their calculations when large parts of the microfilm collection is to be digitalised.
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A microfilm roll normally includes between 500 and 1400 pictures, each one of a single newspaper page. The microfilm format is unperforated 35 mm film, which is normally not longer than 30 m.
The contracting authority estimates that the digitalisation service will include approx. 2 000 000-4 000 000 pages per annum, depending on the available budget.
Digitalisation test:
Tenderers who would like to submit a tender must attach examples of digitalised pictures of the quality level covered by the tender. The example pictures are to be digitalised from test microfilms that the National Library of Norway will send out upon request. Requests for test microfilms are to be sent to the contracting authority's contact person.
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The test digital pictures must reproduce the pictures of the newspaper pages on the microfilm in the best possible way. They must be correctly exposed, and have a good level of focus in order to ensure readability.
A random selection of the digitalised pictures will be assessed for quality, and the assessment will be part of the tender evaluation.
The digitalised newspaper pages must also be OCR processed. The newspapers include both latin and gothic fonts, they can also be a combination of these in the same newspaper, depending on when the newspaper was published. Most of the newspapers were published in Norwegian, in 1 of the 2 official languages, 'New Norwegian' or 'Bokmål'. The oldest newspapers from before 1907 will most likely be in Danish.
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The OCR processing must have a level of word accuracy of at least 90 % for latin fonts and at least 80 % for gothic fonts.
Metadata:
There must be relevant metatdata from the OCR processing. As a minimum, these must contain information on:
— the OCR technology,
— the degree of correctness for each letter, each word and each side,
— coordinator for the position of each word on a page.
A random selection of digitalised newspaper pages will be assessed for quality, and the assessment of the quality of the OCR processing will be part of the tender evaluation.
Varighet: 36 måneder
Beskrivelse av fornyelser: The contract will be valid for 3 years + a 1 year option.
Beskrivelse av opsjoner:
The options will not be part of the evaluation.
Option: article recognition.
Option: proofreading of article titles.

Prosedyre
Rettslig grunnlag: 32014L0024
Tidspunkt for mottak av tilbud: 12:00
Språk som tilbud eller forespørsler om deltakelse kan sendes inn på: engelsk 🗣️
norsk 🗣️
Tilbudets gyldighetsperiode: 2020-02-20 📅
Dato for åpning av tilbud: 2019-11-20 📅
Tidspunkt for åpning av tilbud: 12:00

Oppdragsgiver
Identitet
Nasjonalt registreringsnummer: 976029100
Annen type oppdragsgiver: The National Library of Norway
Kontakt
Kontaktpunkt: Pål Rosseland Tvedt
Adresse til kjøperprofilen: http://www.nb.no/ 🌏
URL for dokumenter: https://permalink.mercell.com/107215780.aspx 🌏

Utfyllende informasjon
Klageinstans
Navn: Nasjonalbiblioteket
Poststed: Postboks 2674 Solli 0203 Oslo
Land: Norge 🇳🇴
Kilde: OJS 2019/S 201-489949 (2019-10-15)
Tilleggsinformasjon (2019-11-14)
Gjenstand
Metadata for kunngjøring
Dokumenttype: Tilleggsinformasjon
Felles innkjøpsordliste (CPV)
Kode: Tabulering av data 📦

Referanse
Datoer
Sendt dato: 2019-11-14 📅
Innleveringsfrist: 2019-12-09 📅
Publiseringsdato: 2019-11-18 📅
Identifikatorer
Kunngjøringsnummer: 2019/S 222-545885
Refererer til kunngjøring: 2019/S 201-489949
OJ-S-utgave: 222
Kilde: OJS 2019/S 222-545885 (2019-11-14)
Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt (2019-11-25)
Gjenstand
Metadata for kunngjøring
Dokumenttype: Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt

Prosedyre
Tilbudstype: Ikke aktuelt

Referanse
Datoer
Sendt dato: 2019-11-25 📅
Publiseringsdato: 2019-11-26 📅
Identifikatorer
Kunngjøringsnummer: 2019/S 228-561044
OJ-S-utgave: 228

Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Kort beskrivelse:
A microfilm roll normally includes between 500 and 1 400 pictures, each one of a single newspaper page. The microfilm format is unperforated 35 mm film, which is normally not longer than 30 m.
The contracting authority estimates that the digitalisation service will include approx. 2 000 000 — 4 000 000 pages per annum, depending on the available budget.
The digitalised newspaper pages must also be OCR processed. The newspapers include both latin and gothic fonts, they can also
Be a combination of these in the same newspaper, depending on when the newspaper was published. Most of the newspapers were published in Norwegian, in one of the 2 official languages, 'New Norwegian' or 'Bokmål'. The oldest newspapers from before 1907 will most likely be in Danish.
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Prosedyre
Tildelingskriterier
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Quality
Kvalitetskriterium (vekting): 60 %
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Delivery time
Kvalitetskriterium (vekting): 10 %
Pris (vekting): 30 %
Kilde: OJS 2019/S 228-561044 (2019-11-25)