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BuyerSeirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig (The Gaelic Media Service)
StatusClosed
Deadline12 Aug 2026
Value£180,000
Published1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Applications are invited from experienced post-production providers to carry out the following: 1. Interstitial production services for BBC ALBA’s linear and on demand platforms 2. The creation of promotional showreels for MG ALBA. For these services, we seek a partner capable of delivering high-quality, accurate, engaging and cohesive interstitial and promotional content to tight delivery deadlines on an ongoing weekly basis. Interstitial production requires flexibility to ensure that as well as capacity to meet the weekly junction deliveries, there is flexibility to re-assemble some junction breaks if there are late schedule changes caused by sports fixtures etc.

Delivery location

UKM64

Categories

Television production services 92221000

Lot details

Lot 1

The services sought are: Interstitials Delivery Services* - The overlaying of BBC ALBA graphics and livery, audio and music onto BBC ALBA promos and trailers of varying lengths – average 5 promos per week - The assembly of interstitial packages (junctions) from pre-existing assets - approximately 60 hours per annum spread evenly over the year - The creation of occasional generic promos and trailers - The creation of menus, programme pointers and other presentational elements 2- 4 per week *This service does not include audio post-production Showreels - The compilation of 3 seasonal showreels for BBC ALBA approx 5 mins in duration, nominally Christmas, Spring and Autumn - The compilation of a showreel celebrating MG ALBA’s successes, with BBC ALBA, FilmG, SpeakGaelic, LearnGaelic etc. Deliverables All elements will be delivered to MG ALBA’s headquarters in Stornoway using Media Shuttle (MG ALBA will provide the delivery portal) or via direct connection where appropriate. - MXF file of each completed junction (interstitial break) to the agreed technical standard - Dressed promos - Editable elements for junctions, promos and menus to enable quick turnaround of simple changes e.g. a last-minute football fixture change - AAF files - .mov or similar edit master format of completed showreels

Statusactive
Value£180,000

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 92. The category anchor is Television production services (92221000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 921,6974 median · 29.3 average (510 of 1,697 with a bid count)3.5 average (573 of 1,697 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer24 median · 4 average (1 of 2 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM6443.5 median · 3.5 average (2 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1944 median · 3.8 average (5 of 194 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 194 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c1b9
Latest release ID061943-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 01 2026 15:34:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-12T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2026-08-12T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Submission languagesen, gd
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£180,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Jul 2026tender061943-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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