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# The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-coh-rc000057). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a UK Contracting Authority based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 111 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- **Classification:** UK Contracting Authority
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-3323` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 111
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.2m (median award: £1.2m) across 1 of 16 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-coh-rc000057

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 29.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 5 (83%), Framework: 1 (17%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 6 (100%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Collected and purified water](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/collected-and-purified-water-41000000) (CPV 41):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
3. **[Public utilities](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/public-utilities-65000000) (CPV 65):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
4. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
5. **[Recreational, cultural and sporting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/recreational-cultural-and-sporting-services-92000000) (CPV 92):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Cognizant Worldwide Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cognizant-worldwide-ltd-coh-07195160):** 3 procedures
2. **[Ernst and Young LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ernst-and-young-llp-coh-oc300001):** 3 procedures
3. **[Accenture UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/accenture-uk-limited-coh-04757301):** 3 procedures
4. **[Atos IT Services UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/atos-it-services-uk-limited-coh-01245534):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
5. **[Nomensa Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nomensa-ltd-coh-04214477):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Lee Hecht Harrison Penna Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/lee-hecht-harrison-penna-limited-coh-01776110):** £1.2m · [Outplacement Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/outplacement-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04b62f)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 3
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-coh-rc000057#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-coh-rc000057
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt