Official UK procurement notice
Local Democracy Reporting Platform Service
Authority: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is the Procurement for the provision of Local Democracy Reporting Services (LDRS) platforms for the Local News Partnership System (LNPS). The BBC’s existing current contract for these services is expiring, and the BBC is looking to re-tender this contract.
The LNPS is a suite of tools for the creation and distribution of content by journalists for local news partners to review and/or download content from. It comprises:- a Platform for the creation of LDRS stories i.e. a LDRS Authoring System, and the review/approval workflow for publishing stories, the uploading, storing and managing of assets (video, audio, images) and their association with stories, plus a separate content portal for partners to search, discover and use text and associated content
The BBC is seeking to procure a value-for-money solution that delivers the required functionality, implementation, support and ongoing service requirements over the new contract term.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 27 Sept 2031, 00:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible procedure without Conditions of Participation. The procedure will consist of the following stages: Invitation to Tender ITT and Final Stage:- Clarifications, Evaluation and Shortlisting- BAFO For full details please refer to the Tender Documents
- No preliminary market engagement: Not applicable, PME was carried out.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 0001RenewalPublished value£1,300,000
- Value
- £1,300,000 exc. VAT · £1,560,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 1+1 - up to 2 years total extension
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 (2)
- Quality — 50%
- Cost — 50%
- Technical & professional abilityFor full details please refer to tender documentation
- Economic & financial standingFor full details please refer to tender documentation
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) — and who usually turns up
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
contract notices in 36 months: 20 in division 72 (11 route not published) · 50 in all categories (1 without competition · 25 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 5 lots. All 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 5 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 8 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 60 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 9 notices.
Greater London · IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72)
contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 718 in division 72 (318 competed, 191 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 139 lots. 80 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 59 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 139 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 70 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 86 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 95 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 317 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 8 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,300,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 27 Sept 2031
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 19 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
PROC 2026 73 SW LDRS- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077be1Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- Standard BBC Payments terms apply (30 days).
- How it runs
- Competitive Flexible procedure without Conditions of Participation. The procedure will consist of the following stages: Invitation to Tender ITT and Final Stage:- Clarifications, Evaluation and Shortlisting- BAFO For full details please refer to the Tender Documents
- Risks
- Not applicable at this stage.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via SAP Ariba- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed28 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Clarification questions byin 28 days26 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 28 days26 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 172 days19 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jan 2028, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 16:58 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender