Published date: 8 April 2021

Last edited date: 8 April 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 4 May 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Event services - 79952000

  • Cultural event organisation services - 79952100

  • Fair and exhibition organisation services - 79956000

Location of contract

SE1 8XT

Value of contract

£0 to £140,000

Procurement reference

2021/248

Published date

8 April 2021

Closing date

4 May 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 June 2021

Contract end date

13 June 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Film Institute delivers a range of high-level cultural and cinema events on an annual basis including BFI London Film Festival, the UK's largest public film festival, which takes place annually each October. This year's festival dates are 6th - 17th October 2021 (12 days).

In 2020, the festival launched its new XR and Immersive strand, LFF Expanded. The BFI plans to construct a temporary immersive exhibition ,for the duration of the festival (12 days). The exhibition will showcase Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and live immersive performance works from the selected LFF Expanded Programme. The exhibition needs to be designed and executed to the highest standard and meet requirements of digitally and technologically innovative art forms.

Lot 1- XR and Immersive Art Exhibition Build
We will then require a supplier to design (in close collaboration with the XR and Immersive Programmer), build and fit-out the space to create an impactful and smoothly functioning exhibition for the festival.

Lot 2 - Technical Production and Management
In addition to the exhibition build, the BFI requires a supplier to manage the technical handling and supervision of the exhibition throughout the festival.

This tender is being advertised against Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

More information

Links

Additional text

To take part in this tender, please visit our website, at the following address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bfi/aspx/Home
where you will need to register, if you haven't already, and express an interest in this opportunity to access the relevant documents. Please note expressions of interest will only be accepted via the portal.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Lauren Richardson

Address

Belvedere Road
Southbank
Waterloo
SE1 8XT
United Kingdom

Telephone

02071733262

Email

lauren.richardson@bfi.org.uk