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ClosedStage · contract

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Digital Services Framework IV (DSF IV)

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£12.0m
Deadline15 Jul 2020
Published4 Dec 2020
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 4 Dec 2020ClosedCloses 15 Jul 2020
Contract value in context
£12.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£13.0m

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The brief

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.

Please use this link for a list of all successful tenderers; https://www.bbc.com/supplying/documents/dsf-iv-supplier-list.pdf

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Suppliers responding to this tender will

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.

02

Suppliers may be required to work across

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.

03

Suppliers may also be required to provide

Suppliers may also be required to provide services across a variety of bespoke internal staff facing or other user-facing applications.

04

The BBC may apply multiple extensions

The BBC may apply multiple extensions to the initial term and such extensions shall not exceed a combined total of 24 months.

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