Contract award · 4 Aug 2025

Film Scanning Mastering and Restoration Services

British Film Institute awarded “Film Scanning Mastering…” to Cinegrell GmbH, Dragon Post (Wales) Ltd, L’immagine Ritrovata S.R.L for £1.06m.

Recreation, culture & sportEast of England

Value £1.06m
WinnersCinegrell GmbH SME, Dragon Post (Wales) Ltd +2 more

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
British Film Institute · Body governed by public law
Value
£1,065,000
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Sector
Recreation, culture & sport · Motion picture and video services (CPV 92100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Aug 2025
  2. Published8 Sep 2025Published 35 days after the contract date

Description

The BFI requires several Suppliers to deliver Film Scanning, Mastering and Restoration 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 collections cared for by the BFI National Archive encompass the entire history of cinema and include examples of an extremely wide range of formats and systems.To help achieve these objectives this framework agreement invites bidders to propose a range of scanning and digital image and audio mastering and restoration services, along with costs, which can be drawn upon to augment technical capacity within the BFI’s Archive and Content departments.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. Full detai…

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