Official UK procurement notice
Digital Engineering Augmentation · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC requires a partner to deliver augmented engineering capacity as follows;
Lot 1 - an onshore partner to provide individuals to augment BBC teams in BBC locations in the UK. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; software engineers, test engineers, architects, and dev ops specialists.
Lot 2 – a nearshore partner ( +- 2 timezones GMT) to provide full agile development teams* to support work package based delivery. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; team leads, software engineers, test engineers, and dev ops specialists. *e.g. 1 technical team lead 4 developers and 2 testers.
The requirement is to be procured by means of a Framework Agreement divided into up to 2 Lots. BBC intends to appoint 1 supplier to the Framework to each lot.
The Framework Agreement for each Lot will have a term of 3 years commencing in November 2023 and ending in November 2026. The Agreement for each Lot may be extended at the BBC’s discretion by up to 2 successive 12 month periods.
Spend is estimated to be up to £32.5m for Lot 1 and up to £42.5m for Lot 2 with a total maximum estimated spend over the 5 year term for both Lots of £75m.
CPV: Software programming and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 6 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (6.0 per place) · 2 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1OnshoreAwardedPublished value£32,500,000
An onshore partner to provide individuals to augment BBC teams in BBC locations in the UK. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; software engineers, test engineers, architects, and dev ops specialists.
Lot #2NearshoreAwardedPublished value£42,500,000
A nearshore partner ( +- 2 timezones GMT) to provide full agile development teams* to support work package based delivery. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; team leads, software engineers, test engineers, and dev ops specialists. *e.g. 1 technical team lead 4 developers and 2 testers.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Management and Operational Efficiency: 24%
- Delivery Capabilities: 24%
- Support: 7%
- Culture: 5%
- Value for money: 5%
- Cost: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Management and Operational Efficiency: 24
- Delivery Capabilities: 24
- Support: 7
- Culture: 5
- Value for money: 5
- Cost: 35
- 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 eSourcing 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. 2 - 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. 3. Responding to the tender: 3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Respon…
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Digital Engineering Augmentation” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Apr 2023, 14:23 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Dec 2023, 18:57 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036873- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c465Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- 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- Appointment period ends
- 26 May 2023, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 May 2023 → 13 Jan 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 May 2023, 10:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected19 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published14 Dec 2023, 18:57 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until13 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Dec 2023, 18:57 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Digital Engineering Augmentation - Lot 1
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Digital Engineering Augmentation - Lot 2
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Onshore | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Nearshore | 6bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales – TCCMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Accenture UK LtdFramework contractor
- Spyrosoft LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria