Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-21
Buyer: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 72316000: Data analysis services | 79310000
Estimated value: 4375000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The provision is to provide reports covering audience research data collation, analysis and reporting across all the media platforms on which the BBC operates (TV, radio, online) — covering the performance of all BBC services and their competitors in the marketplace. To meet these requirements data is drawn from a wide range of data sources including BARB, RAJAR, surveys and panels, web stats and social metrics. The requirement is for secondary analysis and reporting — not for primary data collection.
The anticipated value of the initial 2 year term is expected to be in the region of 1 000 000 GBP. The maximum value of 4 375 000 000 GBP includes the initial term plus any available extensions executed to term or variations to scope.
The current contract provides a total of 140 reports covering audience research data collation, analysis and reporting across all the media platforms on which the BBC operates (TV, radio, online) — covering the performance of all BBC services and their competitors in the marketplace. To meet these requirements data is drawn from a wide range of data sources including BARB, RAJAR, surveys and panels, web stats and social metrics. The requirement is for secondary analysis and reporting — not for primary data collection. The new provision will be to appoint 1 supplier to provide both Data Analysis and Ad-Hoc reporting. The new provision is based on last year's demand, where there were 560 ad-hoc reporting requests and c80 regular reports with variable frequencies (daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly). There will be a phased approach in reducing the volume of reports via in-sourcing during the initial term.
— Year 1 of the contract approximately 75 %-90 % of the current sets of regular reports will be run and 85 %-90 % of ad-hoc reports will be outsourced.
— Year 2 of the contract approximately 50 %-75 % of the current sets of regular reports and 50 %-70 % of ad-hoc reports will be outsourced.
The aim is to have in-sourced 50 % of regular/ad-hoc reporting by December 2019. Further in sourcing capabilities will be determined prior to executing available contract extensions.
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 BravoSolution e-Tendering 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, 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 Bravo e-Tendering help desk.
In the case of technology requirements, the BBC may involve its technology partner (Atos IT Solutions and Services Limited) 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 BravoSolution e-Tendering 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, 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 Bravo e-Tendering help desk.

Award value: 4375000