The purpose of this interinstitutional framework contract is to provide to the participating EU institutions, bodies and agencies professional services and supplies which are necessary for the long term preservation of audiovisual productions according to professional standards, their digitisation, their inventory and their distribution to interested parties.

Audio, video and multimedia laboratory services:

— transfer/duplication of existing programmes onto digital media;

— remastering and digitisation of existing programmes including restoration and simple editing;

— inventory of audiovisual documents;

— supply of sundry consumables (labels, covers, boxes for all forms of media, envelopes in various formats and any other consumables and recording media used in day-to-day management of audio and video archives);

— related services: printing of covers and identification labels, packaging and distribution.

Photo laboratory services:

— printing in various formats using files supplied by the requesting institution/body/agency;

— montage and retouching work;

— enlarging/framing of pictures;

— digitising work;

— inventory of photographic documents;

— supply of sundry consumables (files for storage of photos, reinforced envelopes, cardboard cylinders, ink cartridges, recording media and any other consumables used in day-to-day management of photo archives);

— related services: packaging and distribution.