British Film Institute: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 28 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
50 awarded tenders, 59 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Hybrid Security Operations Centre (SOC) | 2 Nov 2026 | 5d | £150,000 |
| Archive Activity Management System | 9 Nov 2026 | 12d | £170,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting15 procedures · 38%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet9 procedures · 23% · 1 open30 Office and computing machinery8 procedures · 20% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 18% · 3 open73 Research and development services7 procedures · 18%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting5 procedures · 13% · 1 open32 Radio, television, communication4 procedures · 10%50 Repair and maintenance services4 procedures · 10%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 40 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract93%(37 notices)
37 of 40 notices are Contract (93%).Framework8%(3 notices)
3 of 40 notices are Framework (8%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open85%(34 notices)
34 of 40 notices are Open (85%).Selective13%(5 notices)
5 of 40 notices are Selective (13%).Limited / restricted3%(1 notice)
1 of 40 notices is Limited / restricted (3%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 28 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 28 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 40 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 24 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Soluble Ltd | 4 | 8% | 4 | 4 | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Burns Owens Partnership Ltd | 2 | 4% | 2 | 2 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| ADDISON LEE LIMITED | 2 | 4% | 2 | 2 | 15 Aug 2025 |
| OPTEC SERVICES LTD | 2 | 4% | 2 | 2 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| L’immagine Ritrovata S.R.L | 2 | 4% | 1 | 2 | — |
| CJP Broadcast Service Solutions Ltd | 2 | 4% | 1 | 2 | — |
| DC1 GmbH Media & Object Digitisation | 2 | 4% | 1 | 2 | — |
| Memnon Archiving Services | 2 | 4% | 1 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 16% of 50 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 59 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Ticketing and Membership System Services | Spektrix Ltd | 20 Jul 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 10 yrs | £672,000 ≈ £224k/yr |
| Security Services for BFI Events and Festivals | PACE PRESTIGE SERVICES LTD | 5 Jun 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 3 yrs | £500,000 ≈ £250k/yr |
| Spectralogic Support and Maintenance 2026 eAuction | Soluble Ltd | 11 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs | £435,462 ≈ £145k/yr |
| LFF Gala Production and Reception Management | DDA PUBLIC RELATIONS LIMITED | 26 Mar 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £267,500 ≈ £134k/yr |
| BFI Southbank Escape Routes Upgrade | MCD Heritage Ltd | 20 Oct 2025 | 4 mo | £215,963 |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
18 of 21 contracts carry an end date, 16 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Print Services | Image Data Group Limited | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £509,651 |
| Media Agency Services | AKA Promotions Ltd | 19 Feb 2027 estimated | £400,000 |
| Agent for IMAX Advertising Wrap at BFI IMAX | Ocean Outdoor | 5 Mar 2027 estimated | £1 |
| BFI Building Services (M and E) | CBRE Limited | 6 May 2027 estimated | £1,727,506 |
| Cinema Operation of the BFI IMAX | The British Film Institute | 18 Jul 2027 | £1 |
| BFI Media Monitoring 2022 | DMS | 12 Aug 2027 estimated | £60,000 |
| Sight and Sound Subscription Services | Abacus Software Limited | 17 Oct 2027 estimated | £254,175 |
| BFI Physical Media Storage and Distribution | Trinity Creative Partnership Ltd | 19 Nov 2027 estimated | £381,762 |
| Agency to Sell and Deliver Screen Advertising and Sponsorship for BFI South Bank and BFI IMAX Screens | Pearl and Dean Cinemas Limited | 29 Dec 2027 estimated | £1 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 62 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| QNAP NAS Device (New)Data-processing machines (hardware) | Open | 22 Oct 2026 | £80,000 |
| QNAP NAS DeviceData-processing machines (hardware) | Awarded / complete | 22 Oct 2026 | £70,000 |
| EditShare Hardware Components eAuctionData-processing machines (hardware) | Open | 15 Oct 2026 | £160,000 |
| Leadership and Management Training (Empower) programmeManagement training services | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | £0 |
| Process Evaluation of BFI FAN and Network ProgrammesMarket and economic research; polling and statistics | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | £50,000 |
| Digital Analytics ServicesData management services | Open | 14 Sept 2026 | £70,000 |
| UK Global Screen Fund Framework for Promoting UK Screen Services.Advertising and marketing services | Awarded / complete | 8 Sept 2026 | £3,636,051 |
| Evaluation Services for Film Academy 2026 to 2029Business and management consultancy and related services | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | £170,000 |
| Ticketing and Membership Systems Services 2025Information technology services | Awarded / complete | 20 Jul 2026 | £1,200,000 |
| T-950 LumOS Upgrade Kits - eAuctionData equipment | Awarded / complete | 8 Jul 2026 | £70,000 |
| BFI London Film Festival Print Branding ServicesBespoke printed matter | Awarded / complete | 22 Jun 2026 | £300,000 |
| Security Services for BFI Events and FestivalsPublic security services | Awarded / complete | 5 Jun 2026 | £500,000 |
| Sight & Sound Retail DistributionNewspapers | Awarded / complete | 22 May 2026 | £0 |
| Spectra Storage Servers - eAuctionData storage services | Awarded / complete | 1 May 2026 | £0 |
| BFI London Film Festival Gala Production and Reception ManagementCultural event organisation services | Awarded / complete | 26 Mar 2026 | £280,000 |
| Evaluation of the Our Screen Heritage ProgrammeBusiness and management consultancy and related services | Awarded / complete | 11 Feb 2026 | £50,000 |
| Fortinet Switches and Support - eAuctionComputer-related equipment | Awarded / complete | 2 Feb 2026 | £42,500 |
| Spectralogic Support and Maintenance 2026 eAuctionComputer equipment and supplies | Awarded / complete | 12 Dec 2025 | £450,000 |
| BFI Player CRO ServicesComputer audit services | Awarded / complete | 12 Dec 2025 | £50,000 |
| BFI SB Escape Routes Upgrade | Awarded / complete | 25 Nov 2025 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 18 of 21 published contracts have an end date; 16 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.