Published date: 23 September 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Magnetic tapes - 30234700
Linear Tape-Open (LTO) cartridges - 30237360
Location of contract
W1T 1LN
Value of contract
£450,000
Procurement reference
IT-190-338-2022/293 - AWARD
Published date
23 September 2022
Closing date
12 July 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 August 2022
Contract end date
1 July 2026
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The British Film Institute seeks tenders for the supply of Spectra-certified data tapes.
The BFI and its strategic partners are responsible for the preservation and accessibility of a significant share of the UK's film heritage. The film collections encompass the entire history of film production and include examples of an extremely wide range of formats and systems, which are being copied onto modern digital media as part of our mass migration strategy. The BFI also currently has a responsibility to record and archive sixteen channels of UK television output. The BFI, therefore, has an ongoing requirement for certified data tape stock and it wishes to establish a four-year framework agreement with a reseller or a number of resellers to fulfil that requirement.
The BFI's Digital Preservation Infrastructure has a dual data library system, which incorporates separate, automated LTO (Linear Tape Open) and IBM TS (Tape Storage) data tape robots. Therefore, both LTO and IBM sets of stock are required to provide secure and resilient long-term data preservation.
Spectra-certified stock is required to fulfil the performance and quality criteria essential to the very stringent requirements of the BFI National Archive digital preservation system.
Current BFI's requirements are:
o LTO-8 (aiming to move to LTO-9 within the next year); and
o IBM 3592 JE.
The framework agreement is envisaged to be with a number of suppliers and the duration is four years. The estimated value for the duration of the agreement is up to ?450,000.
Full details are set out in the ITT.
Closing date for receipt of tenders: 12:00 noon on 12 July 2022
Award information
Awarded date
12 September 2022
Contract start date
1 August 2022
Contract end date
1 July 2026
Total value of contract
£450,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Ovation Data Services
Address
4th Floor, 1 Kingly Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom, W1B PA
Reference
None
About the buyer
Contact name
Henry Vivian-Neal
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
London
W1T 1LN
United Kingdom
Telephone
020 7173 3299
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Closing: 12 July 2022, 12pm