Request for Proposal For Digitisation Of Legislation Consolidations And Other Collections

Request for Proposals (RFP) for Digitisation of Legislation Consolidations and Other Collections Open Date: Friday, 13 September 2024 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) Close Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) Tender Type: Request for Proposals (RFP) Tender Coverage: Sole Agency Regions: New Zealand Required Pre-qualifications: None Overview: This work comprises the scanning and digitisation to PCOs XML standard of hard copies of statute consolidations sourced by the PCO of approximately 100,000 pages of legislation. We are looking for suppliers who can provide one or more of the following 3 services: Service 1 - Scanning: scanning of printed documents to high-quality PDFs with OCR text. This will involve conversion of hardcopy documents according to requirements set in the statement of work. Outputs for each Act and each volume required. Requirements will be set after considering cost/accuracy/benefit of different options to improve OCR accuracy as part of this service. Optional: source hard copies of collections for scanning Service 2 - Converting: creation of PDFs and XML files for each piece of legislation publication according to requirements set in the statement of work. Specific requirements will be set after considering cost/accuracy/benefit of different options. This service may include the following outputs: 2.1: PDF and text with high quality OCR 2.2: metadata requirements set by the PCO 2.3 the full conversion to the PCOs XML standard for incorporation into the NZ Legislation website Service 3 Scanning and Converting (combined): Produce OCR PDFs, metadata, and fully marked up XMLs to standards required for services 1 and 2 in accordance with an integrated Statement of Work. Tender Link : https://www.gets.govt.nz/PCO/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=30188351