Drying and sanitization of wet archival material
Tender No. 2018/S 059-130522
A heavy rainfall that occurred in Larnaca on 13.12.2014, resulted to the flooding of the basement of the district office of lands and surveys department building. The basement consists of: the parking lot and the archives repository “strong room”. As a result all the files, box-files, documents and books shelved at approximately 30 cm from the floor were seriously wet. Paper conservators from the Cyprus State Archives arrived on site and they suggested that all the wet archival material should be frozen immediately and therefore they were moved into a big commercial freezer (with temperatures reaching -30oC). Overall 36 large boxes (1.20 X 1.00 X 0.74m.) and 504 smaller boxes (0.53 X 0.35X 0.32m)were placed in the freezer which is all the archival material shelved in the lowest shelves of the strong room. The affected archival material must be dried and sanitized first and possible conservation if it is necessary. The methodology to be used is vacuum freeze-drying.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
Date: 4/5/2018 Local time: 12:00
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