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# Data storage and processing solution for Portugal’s national digital library

Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal seeks a data-storage solution and associated processing for its national digital library’s digital archive. The notice identifies a €2.5 million base price and CPV 30210000. The contract scope includes supplying, installing, configuring and commissioning equipment and implementing the solution, alongside services. A 5% guarantee of the contract price is stated. Award scoring is split between price (50%) and technical factors F1–F7 (50%), with technical scores calculated from minimum and ceiling values. The notice’s submission date and time use different time offsets, and its stated completion date precedes the notice’s publication. The tender is closed; no award result is stated in the reviewed notice.

- Status: closed
- Country: PT
- Buyer: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
- Submission deadline: 2026-10-15 (date)
- Original notice: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/695783-2026
- Source checked: 2026-10-17T00:53:08.792055Z

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