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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45"
title: "ARCHIVES MOVE PROGRAMME - Digitisation of Photographic Content RFI"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/archives-move-programme-digitisation-of-photographic-content-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45"
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# ARCHIVES MOVE PROGRAMME - Digitisation of Photographic Content RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/archives-move-programme-digitisation-of-photographic-content-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): "ARCHIVES MOVE PROGRAMME - Digitisation of Photographic Content RFI". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-GB-FTS-3323)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library, archives, museums and other cultural services, Motion picture and video services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/archives-move-programme-digitisation-of-photographic-content-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45#tl-md)

## Description
The BBC is working on plans to relocate their primary archive collections in 2024.  
The photography collection includes a wide variety of formats and content.  Of the 6 million items in the collection we have selected approximately 1.36million items that are candidates for digitisation. These digital assets will be used for access, preservation and commercial purposes. 
The assets are currently stored well but the condition and the data is of variable quality and in a wide variety of formats.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 92500000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The BBC is working on plans to relocate their primary archive collections in 2024.  
The photography collection includes a wide variety of formats and content.  Of the 6 million items in the collection we have selected approximately 1.36million items...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017879-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-27T21:45:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:41:18.152Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cd45