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Published 21 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Video Digitisation Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: British Film Institute (Charity / VCSE)

Framework agreementServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£750,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 21 Mar 2025awarded 5 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BFI requires several Suppliers to deliver Video Digitisation Services under a Framework Agreement. The British Film Institute is responsible for the accessibility and preservation of a significant share of the UKs film heritage and aims to make it available to audiences through the widest range of platforms and technologies. The film and television collections cared for by the BFI National Archive encompass the entire history of cinema, include educational, broadcast, amateur and other creative content held on a wide range of videotape formats. To help achieve these objectives this framework agreement invites bidders to propose a range of videotape (and audio) digitisation services, along with costs, which can be drawn upon to augment technical capacity within the BFI National Archive’s conservation teams. While the BFI maintains considerable expertise and equipment to support and preserve these formats, this Tender seeks a greater range and capacity through commercial provision.

CPV: Motion picture and video services · Motion picture and video tape production and related services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 10 suppliers · 4 bids received (0.4 per place) · 4 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000
Delivery: East of England · Berkhamsted
Extensions: One year option to extend. · There is an option to extend the framework for one year after the initial term of 3 years.Second stage: up to 10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Please see the SSQ for further details.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Please see the SSQ for further details.

    Minimum: Please see the SSQ for further details.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Video Digitisation Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
21 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT
Last source update
9 Sept 2025, 18:09 BST
Authority reference
2025/418
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055184
Classification (CPV)
Motion picture and video servicesMotion picture and video tape production and related services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
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Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

To be agreed with the BFI

Publisher note: The Framework has been awarded to four Suppliers.The Framework has been awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for one year.The Standstill period has been concluded successfully.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Mar 2025 → 9 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    2 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 18:09 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Sept 2025, 18:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 4admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Sept 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Video Digitisation Services

    Signed
    5 Sept 2025
    Value
    £750,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Film Institute

Contracting authorityCharity / VCSENDPBRecreation, culture and religion BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London, London, W1T 1LNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

4 commercial parties on the notice
  • CJP Broadcast Service Solutions LtdFramework contractor Unit 7, Oaklands Business Centre, Stoney Hill Industrial Estate, Whitchurch, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, Ross -on-Wye, West Midlands, HR9 6BX
  • DC1 GmbH Media & Object DigitisationFramework contractor Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 161F, D-33332 Guetersloh, Germany., Guetersloh, DE
  • Memnon Archiving Services Framework contractor Unit 15, Youngs Industrial Estate, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 4QB, Leighton Buzzard , East of England, LU7 4QB
  • OvationData LimitedFramework contractor Unit 10, Crayfields Industrial Park Orpington Kent BR5 3HP, Orpington, South East, BR5 3HP

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria