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Published 21 Mar 2024, 17:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Customer Data Platform · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£10,000,000exc. VAT20% below published estimate
Submissions closed 25 Apr 2024awarded 25 Sept 2024
Awarded to mParticle, Inc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BBC has Awarded the Contract to mPArticle for the service of a Customer Data Platform (CDP), the Supplier will be responsible for data management, campaign management and activation.

This Contract shall come into effect on the "Effective Date", (for a 1-year Transition/Integration period, named "Year 0") and shall continue in force for a period of three (3) years from the Service Commencement Date (the "Initial Term") and unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms.

The Contract may be extended for a further period of 36 months hence (1+1+1).

The spend range over the 7 (1+3+3) year term is between £4.5 million - £8 million. The spend ranges are not committed spend ranges, and are therefore "only an estimation" of spend that could be made through the Agreement.

CPV: Data management services · Software integration consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: London
Extensions: The contract will come into effect on the "Effective Date", (for a 1-year Transition/Integration period, named "Year 0") and shall continue in force for a period of three (3) years from the Service Commencement Date (the "Initial Term") The contract allows for a further period of extensions for a maximum of 36 months hence in 12 month intervals. (1+1+1) · 4This Contract shall come into effect on the “Effective Date”, (for a 1-year Transition/Integration period, named “Year 0”) and shall continue in force for a period of three (3) years from the Service Commencement Date (the “Initial Term”) and end on 28th August 2028, unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms. 4.2 The BBC may at its option exteVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 45%Price: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 45%
  • Price: 55%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    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 Jaggaer e-Tendering portal (this is only required once):

    1.1 Go to 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.

    1. 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.

    1. Responding to the tender:

    3.1 Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Mar 2024, 17:45 GMT
Last source update
2 Oct 2024, 11:57 BST
Award evaluation window
25 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
PROC_2023_90_AN
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031517
Classification (CPV)
Data management servicesSoftware integration consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044b70 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

As stated in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The applicable review time limits shall be as stated in Regulations 92 and 93 Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Publisher note: 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.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
25 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
25 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Apr 2024 → 2 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    25 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    25 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    2 Oct 2024, 11:57 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Oct 2024, 11:57 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 10
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
mParticle, Inc£8,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Customer Data Platform · mParticle, Inc

    Signed
    25 Sept 2024
    Value
    £8,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawBroadcasting Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UK, W1A 1AAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Business and Property Courts of England and Wales - TCCReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.