Published date: 23 November 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 December 2020, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motion picture and video production services - 92111000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£8,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_250512/1016060

Published date

23 November 2021

Closing date

18 December 2020

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BBC Creative is the BBC's in-house agency producing promotional and branding content for all BBC services and products. We make thousands of projects each year, creating around 50,000 assets. This is a fully managed multi-platform Post Production service for BBC Creative, including Edit Suites, Audio Suites, Versioning, Ingest and Outgest/Delivery, Facilities management/bookings management/project set-up associated with the creation of multi-media and multi-platform campaigns, Media Asset Management of video, audio, graphics and stills and additional rate-carded burst capacity of suites along with the ability to buy other related services on an ad-hoc basis - e.g. Grading, high-end compositing etc.

A fully managed multi-platform Post Production service for the BBC's in-house agency, BBC Creative. This service will provide, as follows:

- 5 Edit Suites - Fully staffed and supported suites for online and offline editing of short-form content for use on digital platforms and on TV (including provision for complex effects/compositing). 80% of hours in Central London and 20% of hours in Manchester (within easy reach of BBC premises). There is also a need for additional ad-hoc edit suites on a pay-as- you-go basis in London and Manchester.

- 1 Audio Suite - A fully staffed and supported suite for recording audio (to picture) and mixing tracks in Central London (within easy reach of BBC premises). Plus there is a need for additional ad-hoc audio capacity on a pay-as-you-go basis in London and Manchester.

- Versioning - Staff and technology to create multiple versions of all the projects created in the suites above, for use in different situations on various platforms.

- Media Asset Management of video, audio, graphics and stills - Workflow (including Ingest, Review & Approve functionality, and Outgest/Delivery), QC and Storage (in respect of the managed suites, but also assets created self-op by the BBC Creative teams).

- Facilities management/bookings management/project set-up/technical support associated with the creation of multi-media and multi-platform campaigns.

- Additional rate-carded burst capacity of suites (as above) along with the ability to buy other related services on an ad-hoc basis - e.g. Grading, high-end compositing etc.

This service includes all of the required technology along with operational, technical & production management staffing (including editing/audio talent). All technology systems provided will be made available on BBC devices and networks. There are 100+ BBC users. The facilities are situated in supplier accommodation in the UK.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

BBC Creative - Multi-Platform Post Production Services and Production Technology

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 November 2020

Award information

Awarded date

20 October 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£8,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Farm Group

Address

London, UK

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathan Palfreeman

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

jonathan.palfreeman@bbc.co.uk