
ResearchSpace tender for www.researchspace.org
People
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, metro Russel Square
- Dominic Oldman, doldman@britishmuseum.org: BM deputy head IS, BM lead for IS Development
- Katherine Miller, kmiller@britishmuseum.org, t 0207 323 8418, m 07976 737 658: PM (hired specifically for the project?)
- Steven Davies, sdavies@britishmuseum.org and M Lewis: procurement
- Dr Austin Nevin: Mellon fellow, PM of Courtauld project MFPMFP ("embryonic ResearchSpace"). He'll be Senior Client, will be looking at client issues
- Martin Doerr, FORTH-ICS Centre for Cultural Informatics (GR): lead for CIDOC CRM. Can be contracted for ontology work
- Seme4: contracted for research/consulting. Did test export of BM data (Merlin) to CRM in RKBExplorer (3Store; Mentions 4Store). Subcontracted people from SotonU
- Hugh Glaser (SotonU): RKBExplorer creator, worked on the BM export
Budget
- Stage 3 grant (from Mellon, see RS Docs#Grant Proposals: 442.6k EUR (650k USD)
- development: 200.6k to 290k EUR (180 to 260k GBP)
- therefore 45 to 65% of the grant is allocated to development
- The budget is actually the high end, but BM may contract for a smaller amount if we feel it's better value for the money
Timing
- published 3.6.2011
- bidders conference 16.6 in London (Vlado)
- tender deadline 8.7.2011
- vendor demos 11-15.7. It's not a demo, but an interview/pitch. If a vendor wants to demo some working system then even better, but that is not required
- decision 29.7
- negotiation 1.8
- contract 1.9
- period of execution:
- the Stage3 grant is "12 months from January 2010"
- BM desired period is 6m, but can be increased to 8-9 months if vendors ask for it. BM is asking for recommendations
Team
- Vlado: overall responsible, writing, estimates
- Mariana, Svetlio: writing, CRM, try to do some demo with BM data
- Kami: contractual
- PavelCh: arch research, Nuxeo, maybe estimates
- Jana: estimates. ITT will participate in writing proportionally to project share
- SS
: not clear yet
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