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Digital Experience Platform

Buyer: British Business Bank Plc →

BuyerBritish Business Bank Plc
Statusplanned
Deadline26 Oct 2026
Value£3,500,000
Published10 Jul 2026

What is being bought

THIS IS A PLANNED PROCUREMENT NOTICE - NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID. The British Business Bank (BBB) is planning a future procurement for a Digital Experience Platform (DXP) comprising website hosting, content management, and supporting digital tooling. The objective is to establish a modern, scalable, and secure platform to support BBB’s external digital estate, enabling improved content management, digital governance, and user experience. 2. Scope of Requirement The proposed procurement will seek a single supplier (or integrated solution) to provide a consolidated DXP service including: Content Management System (CMS) (Drupal-based) Digital Asset Management (DAM) capability Digital Quality Management (DQM) / accessibility monitoring Consent Management Platform (CMP) for GDPR compliance Cloud hosting and support services The solution is expected to provide an integrated platform enabling efficient management of multiple websites and digital assets. The requirement is for a platform-as-a-service solution covering hosting, CMS and associated tooling; it is not a requirement for standalone web-design or website creative services.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Computer platforms 30211300Software package and information systems 48000000Internet and intranet software package 48220000Information systems and servers 48800000Software programming and consultancy services 72200000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Value£3,500,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2035
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Criterion 1 (30%)
Criterion 2 (70%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Computer platforms, Software package and information systems, Internet and intranet software package, Information systems and servers, Software programming and consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 30. The category anchor is Computer platforms (30211300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 309193 median · 42.2 average (347 of 919 with a bid count)3.5 average (386 of 919 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2864.5 median · 90.2 average (88 of 286 with a bid count)6.7 average (101 of 286 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)80Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policynotAllowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c4af
Latest release ID065355-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jul 10 2026 16:00:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-10-26T12:00:00+00:00
Enquiry deadline2026-10-14T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2027-04-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsDelta E Sourcing Portal. More information will be provided in the Tender Notice The Pre - Market Engagement Notice can be found on the Delta Portal using access code 8J4P2T3M6D
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Jul 2026planning065355-2026
6 Jul 2026planning063390-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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6 Jul 2026 · 063390-2026 · planning
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