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Sight and Sound Subscription Services

Buyer: British Film Institute →

BuyerBritish Film Institute
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published1 Nov 2024

What is being bought

This opportunity is for the Sight and Sound Subscription Services. With subscribers accounting for approximately two thirds of all Sight and Sound paid readers, subscriptions services are a vital part of Sight and Sound business planning and a key stakeholder in our future success. We are looking for a Subscriptions Bureau that can confidently and effectively service our current subscriber base, manage all correspondence, liaise with other fulfilment partners, deal with issues as they arise and help us build on our current offering. We would like to receive competitive bids that will enable us to service our audience within our strictly controlled financial structure.The Contract will be awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.

Delivery location

UKI

Categories

Subscription services 79980000Subscription services 79980000

Lot details

Lot 1

See the SSQ document for additional information

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality Weighting — 70%
Cost Weighting — 30%

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Subscription servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Subscription services (79980000); 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 7913,7404 median · 30.9 average (5,803 of 13,740 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,507 of 13,740 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer43.5 median · 5 average (4 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (4 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKI1,0904 median · 37.6 average (486 of 1,090 with a bid count)3.8 average (543 of 1,090 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 requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
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.

Awards

Contracts

Sight and Sound Subscription Services

Statusactive
Value£254,175

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-046baa
Latest release ID035528-2024
Latest release timestampFri Nov 01 2024 15:31:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsRestricted procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Nov 2024award, contract035528-2024
28 May 2024tender016589-2024

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 (2 releases)
1 Nov 2024 · 035528-2024 · award, contract
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28 May 2024 · 016589-2024 · tender
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