Published date: 13 May 2021

Last edited date: 13 May 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: 15 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motion picture and video services - 92100000

  • Motion picture and video tape production and related services - 92110000

Location of contract

W1T 1LN

Value of contract

£0 to £300,000

Procurement reference

2021/250

Published date

13 May 2021

Closing date

15 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

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

The BFI and its strategic partners are responsible for the preservation and public accessibility of a significant share of UK audio visual heritage. It is universally accepted that content essentially 'locked' within obsolete tape-based audio and video recording systems are increasingly at risk due to the proprietary and commercially unsupported nature of the products used to create them over a period spanning many decades.
While the BFI and its partners maintain considerable expertise and machinery to support and preserve these formats through digitisation, it is clear that greater capacity through commercial provision will be required to facilitate an accelerated programme of large-scale digitisation for video and audio content to provide suitable digital file formats and associated metadata for long-term preservation.

The number of participants to the framework agreement is envisaged to be between 3 and 6 and the duration of the framework agreement is 3 years with an option to extend for a further one year. The estimated value for the duration of the framework agreement is between £200,000-£300,000.

More information

Links

Additional text

To take part in this tender, please visit our website, at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bfi/aspx/Tenders/Current , 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

Stephen Adams

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
London
W1T 1LN
United Kingdom

Telephone

02079574849

Email

stephen.adams@bfi.org.uk