Published date: 16 September 2022

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


Closing: 19 May 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Archive services - 92512000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£22,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_303642/1106600

Published date

16 September 2022

Closing date

19 May 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 August 2022

Contract end date

14 August 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

This contract will provide a service to store and protect our archive, whilst also enabling retrieval.

The BBC's archive consists of approximately 10.2m archive assets made up of a number of distinct collections of which currently take up a total of 74,000 linear meterage of storage in temperature controlled vaults.

Assets are stored by collection types, in temperature and humidity controlled vaults to ensure preservation and longevity. The requirement is defined into 2 main delivery areas that make up the Services:

a) Implementation and provision of a Storage Facility / Facilities - the provision and management of a storage facility/facilities that is/are fully functional by 31st March 2023. Manage the migration of the Archive Collections from the existing archives to the new facility/facilities by 31st December 2023.

b) Provision of Retrieval and Returns Services - in addition to managing the archive storage facility, the contract will have the provision of a Retrieval and Returns Service in which the Supplier will manage the movement of archive assets between BBC sites and the archive storage facility.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Commercial Storage & Archiving Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 20 April 2022

Additional text

In the case of technology requirements, the BBC may involve its technology partner (Atos IT Solutions and Services Limited) to assist in the scoping and drafting of invitations to tender and/or the evaluation of tenders. However, the final decision as to which is the most economically advantageous (by reference to the award criteria) will be made by the BBC. The awarding authority reserves the right not to award a contract and to annul the procurement process at any stage. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling. The contract shall be subject to English law. The awarding authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any tender and reserves the right to accept part of a tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates otherwise in the tender document.

Award information

Awarded date

15 August 2022

Contract start date

15 August 2022

Contract end date

14 August 2032

Total value of contract

£22,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Restore PLC

Address

The Databank Unit 5 Redhill Distribution Centre, Salbrook Road Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DY

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rob Overton

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

rob.overton@bbc.co.uk