Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-29
Buyer: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 80500000
Estimated value: 3293000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The BBC is seeking a number of suppliers to support the BBC in the provision of training and development of software development and delivery for its staff throughout the UK. Such suppliers must be capable of demonstrating a high level of knowledge and experience and be able to deliver value for money training in various formats such as: primarily face to face, E-learning and other blended learning approaches to be proposed by the supplier.
The requirement is to be procured by means of a Framework Agreement with a Call Off Procedure and split into four Lots, with Lot 1 further split into three discrete Sub-Lots:
Lot 1 will cover the various programming languages and development frameworks used by staff in Design and Engineering (D and E) to deliver digital products. Also to include methodologies, programming practices, operating systems and databases relevant to BBC digital product development.
Applicants bidding for this Sub-Lot should be able to provide training to cover the following core areas:
In addition to the core requirement, the BBC may also require the provision of other ad-hoc training in areas such as Mobile Development (e.g. IOS, Android).
Where there is sufficient interest, the BBC is also able to host courses regionally across the UK. However, on occasion, the BBC may require the course provider to deliver courses from their own premises or other premises as required.
For Lot 1a, the estimated minimum value of the Framework is 418 000 GBP and the estimated maximum value is 627 000 GBP.
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
Lot 1 will cover the various programming languages and development frameworks used by staff in Design and Engineering (D and  E) to deliver digital products. Also to include methodologies, programming practices, operating systems and databases relevant to BBC digital product development.
Applicants bidding for this Sub-Lot should be able to provide training to cover the following core areas:
a) Cloud based and virtual server development (e.g. AWS and GCP predominantly but not necessarily exclusively).
Where there is sufficient interest, the BBC is also able to host courses regionally across the UK. However, on occasion, the BBC may require the course provider to deliver courses from their own premises or other premises as required.
For Lot 1b, the estimated minimum value of the Framework is 488 000 GBP and the estimated maximum value is 732 000 GBP.
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
Lot 1 will cover the various programming languages and development frameworks used by staff in Design and Engineering (D and E) to deliver digital products. Also to include methodologies, programming practices, operating systems and databases relevant to BBC digital product development.


Award value: 3293000