# Solr search system: Upgrade to v7

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [HISTORIC ENGLAND LIMITED](/buyers/historic-england-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Flax LTD
- Award value: £37,787
- Tender value: £37,787
- Award date: 28 February 2018
- Published: 27 February 2018
- Contract start: 1 March 2018
- Contract end: 1 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 493f1802-e02a-4521-8eee-fae39349e73f-201883
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c884d07f-464a-4fe8-b580-f75e81cb4f94

## Description

The work is to upgrade the search software used for the Historic England main website from our currently installed version 5 to the most recent version 7\. This work is required to improve the scalability and resilience of the system; to prepare for IMT moving hosting from Claranet to Azure; and as a precursor to incorporating the Archives database of approx\. 12m records\. Once this work is complete we can index the Archive data and close 3 satellite websites currently used by the Archive\. As part of this work we would also renew our current support which includes 3 system health checks throughout the year\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/493f1802-e02a-4521-8eee-fae39349e73f-201883)