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# Device Testing Platform RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/device-testing-platform-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02d9cb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): "Device Testing Platform RFI". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-GB-FTS-3323)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Program testing software development services, Software testing
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d9cb`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/device-testing-platform-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02d9cb#tl-md)

## Description
The BBC welcomes responses to this RFI in order to inform our thinking prior to any potential next steps of our procurement exercise. Responding to this RFI will allow the BBC to: 
•	build an understanding of current solutions available in the marketplace
•	gain feedback on:
o	the availability of solutions in the marketplace;
o	whether there is one solution to meet the needs, or whether these would need to be met by a variety of solutions; and
o	whether functionality not currently met is on a supplier’s roadmap.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72212984
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The BBC welcomes responses to this RFI in order to inform our thinking prior to any potential next steps of our procurement exercise. Responding to this RFI will allow the BBC to: 
•	build an understanding of current solutions available in the market...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021083-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-25T21:45:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:46:35.190Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d9cb