Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-11-20
Buyer: British Broadcasting Corporation
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45212000: Construction work for leisure buildings
Estimated value: 56000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bygge- og anlægsarbejde i forbindelse med bygninger til fritidsaktiviteter, sport, kultur, indkvartering og restauranter
Bauarbeiten für Gebäude, die der Freizeitgestaltung, dem Sport, der Kultur, der Unterbringung und Verpflegung dienen
Κατασκευαστικές εργασίες για κτίρια αναψυχής, αθλητισμού, πολιτιστικών εκδηλώσεων, στέγασης και εστιατορίων
Trabajos de construcción de edificios relacionados con el ocio, los deportes, la cultura y el alojamiento y restaurantes
Travaux de construction de bâtiments destinés aux loisirs, aux sports, à la culture, à l'hébergement et de restaurants
Građevinski radovi na zgradama u vezi s odmorom i razonodom, sportom, kulturom, smještajem i restoranima
Roboty budowlane w zakresie budowy wypoczynkowych, sportowych, kulturalnych, hotelowych i restauracyjnych obiektów budowlanych
Obras de construção de edifícios relacionados com recreio, desporto, cultura, alojamento e restauração
Lucrări de construcţii de clădiri destinate activităţilor de recreere, sportive, culturale, de cazare şi restaurante
Bygg- och anläggningsarbeten: byggnader för fritidsaktiviteter, idrott, kultur, inkvartering och restaurangverksamhet
The BBC intends to relocate the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Singers rehearsal and music studios and Rock and Pop studios to an alternative purpose built premises in East London. The BBC has decided that its Current Facility is unsatisfactory and that it now needs a new site.
The BBC’s Corporate Real Estate team in association with Radio intends to relocate the Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Chorus and Rock and Pop studio facilities to a new home on a new development site at the former Olympic park in Stratford East London. The facility will house 3 large commercial grade studios, Radio workshops, visualisation suits and associated ancillary space. The shell and core element of the development is being delivered by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). The Fit Out element is being delivered by the BBC.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (“BBC”) currently owns the Maida Vale music studios located in London transport fare zone 2 (the “Current Facility”) which is home, amongst others, to the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and which has played host to a range of international artists.
The output levels and specific technical and logistical requirements of the users of the Current Facility mean that it is too small and does not meet the BBC’s technical requirements which need to be met if it is to continue its mission to attract, support and promote world-class musical performers to audiences across the UK.
Consequently the BBC engaged a third party agent to undertake a site search for alternative sites that could accommodate its unique and specific technical and logistical requirements including 24 hour availability of the facilities, off-street parking for large vehicles, audience handling space and the ability to accommodate a large music studio of some 12 000 – 14 000 cubic metres to meet the acoustic requirements of the users. Any such alternative site needed to be within London transport fare zones 1, 2 or 2/3 in order to remain accessible after the re-location to the existing BBC users of the Current Facility and to maximise accessibility to in-demand London based, national and international artistic talent attracted by well-connected national and international transport links and needed to be controlled by the developer, with advanced planning and funding in place, in order to limit the BBC’s potential exposure to the impact of execution risks posed by the re-location of a key music facility on its ability to continue to consistently deliver its public purposes.


Winner: London Legacy Development Corporation
Award value: 56000000