Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 5 May 2026, 14:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Analytics Tool · UK public procurement notice

Authority: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BBC is seeking information from suppliers to scope a Digital Analytics Tool. Respondents are invited to reply to our RFI with submissions due via the Jaggaer portal by 22nd May 2026.This RFI is exploratory and non-binding, intended to shape future procurement decisions without guaranteeing any contractual outcomes.

CPV: Data analysis services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Aug 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) buys Data-processing services (CPV 7231), and who usually turns up

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Data-processing services (CPV 7231) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 7231 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=47
0 of 447%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 7231 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=31
—39%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 decided notices · market: CPV 7231 · UK-wide, n=15
106 days49 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 106 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 3 of 8 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7231 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=56
38%68%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 72
0% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 7231 · Greater London (authority’s region)
10% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 10%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–380% / 30%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 30%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 30%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer13 lots with estimate and award · all categories
8% below estimate
The market20 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7231 · UK-wide
60% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate8% / 60%
Buyer: 1 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 20 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%85% / 30%
Buyer: 11 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 20 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate8% / 10%
Buyer: 1 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 20 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 723124 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 10 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 10 similar lots
1 bid10%
1 of 10 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–630%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+30%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 7+ (30%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 May 2026, 14:32 BST
Last source update
5 May 2026, 14:32 BST
Authority reference
PROC 2026 56 - Digital Analytics Tool
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041088
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Data analysis services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069192 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published172 days ago
    5 May 2026, 14:32 BST
  2. Market engagement126 days ago
    19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    RFI is currently live on Jaggaer (pqq_30273). Url: bbc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗

  3. Tender notice expected114 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts53 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 May 2026, 14:32 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJRB-3233-GTQL Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, London, W1A 1AAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure