Official UK procurement notice
Digital Experience Platform · UK public procurement notice
Authority: British Business Bank (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTHIS 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.
- 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.
- How the procedure runs: PSQ and ITP Presentations
CPV: Computer platforms · Information systems and servers · Internet and intranet software package · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (2)
- Criterion 2: 70%
- Criterion 1: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How British Business Bank buys Data-processing machines (hardware) (CPV 3021), and who usually turns up
British Business Bank’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Data-processing machines (hardware) (CPV 3021) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 85 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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?
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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.
1 bid67%
2–311%
4–622%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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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.
Below estimate0%
Within ±2%100%
Above estimate0%
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.
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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 3021Published estimate£3.5m
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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 17 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–318%
4–66%
7+65%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
- 6 Jul 2026, 21:18 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
P3648- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065355- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c4afFind a Tender
- How it runs
PSQ and ITP
Presentations
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Delta 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
Timeline
6 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published107 days ago6 Jul 2026, 21:18 BST
- Latest notice published104 days ago10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Market engagement82 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Engagement via one-way questionnaire.
This stage is not mandatory for suppliers however those wishing to engage in this questionnaire please go to https;//www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ ↗ 8J4P2T3M6D
Should British Business Bank have any concerns, queries or clarifications with your response to the questionnaire, we may reach out to you.
Please note we anticipate a high volume of interest in this exercise, and will therefore be unable to address supplier questions or attend individual supplier meetings as part of this stage.
Access Code : 8J4P2T3M6D
- Tender notice expected16 days ago5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by8 days ago14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 4 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jul 2026, 21:18 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender