Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-11
Buyer: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72212600: Database software programming services | 72212610 | 72212932
Estimated value: 12000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The BBC requires a framework of suppliers to provide bespoke digital services and solutions for the following eight digital services categories: web development, mobile app development, backend development, third party maintenance, emerging technologies, data science and machine learning, design and UX and host and operate.
Suppliers responding to this tender will be required to apply for and be successfully awarded a minimum of three of these digital services categories in order to secure a place on the framework.
Suppliers may be required to work across the BBC’s digital portfolio including, but not limited to, childrens and education, news, sport, sounds, home, iPlayer and TV. Suppliers may also be required to provide services across a variety of bespoke internal staff facing or other user-facing applications.
Following the conclusion of this procurement process the BBC will award suppliers passing a minimum of three digital services categories with a framework agreement. The framework agreement(s) will have an initial term of 24 months commencing on 20 October 2020 and ending on 19 October 2022. The BBC may apply multiple extensions to the initial term and such extensions shall not exceed a combined total of 24 months. The value detailed in II.1.5) is the total estimated framework value, we anticipate that the annual value will be between approximately GBP 500 000 to GBP 3 m.
The framework agreement(s) will have an initial term of 24 months commencing on 20 October 2020 and ending on 19 October 2022. The BBC may apply multiple extensions to the initial term and such extensions shall not exceed a combined total of 24 months. The value detailed in II.1.5) is the total estimated framework value, we anticipate that the annual value will be between approximately GBP 500 000 to GBP 3 m.
Where there is more than one economic operator, the BBC reserves the right to require a grouping of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
2.2) Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open to all Suppliers’ link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier).
2.4) Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.
2.5) You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box.
3.1) Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining).
3.2) You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.
3.3) Note the deadline for completion and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).
3.4) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help or contact the Jaggaer eTendering help desk.
In the case of technology requirements, the BBC may involve its technology partner (Atos IT Solutions and Services Ltd) to assist in the scoping and drafting of invitations to tender and/or the evaluation of tenders. However, the final decision as to which is the most economically advantageous (by reference to the award criteria) will be made by the BBC. The awarding authority reserves the right not to award a contract and to annul the procurement process at any stage. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling. The contract shall be subject to English law. The awarding authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender and reserves the right to accept part of a tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates otherwise in the tender document.

Eligibility requirements: Where there is more than one economic operator, the BBC reserves the right to require a grouping of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability. Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps 1) register your company on the Jaggaer eTendering portal (this is only required once) 1.1) Go to https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk 1.2) Click the link on the login page to register. 1.3) Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘Continue’. 1.4) Enter your correct business and user details. 1.5) Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete. 1.6) You will shortly receive an email with your temporary password. 2) Express an interest in the tender 2.1) Login to the portal with the username/password. 2.2) Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open to all Suppliers’ link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier). 2.3) Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. 2.4) Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. 2.5) You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box. 3) Responding to the tender 3.1) Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining). 3.2) You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. 3.3) Note the deadline for completion and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). 3.4) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help or contact the Jaggaer eTendering help desk.

Award value: 12000000