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Published 24 May 2024, 14:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Media Advisor and Auditor

Official notice

Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£350,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2024awarded 18 Jul 2024
Awarded to The Aperto Partnership
Contract term Ends 31 Aug 2031extension options published

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide advice and auditing service on the BBC's relationship with it's media buying and strategy partner.

The service provider will advise on operating model design and procurements, including the BBC Media Strategy and Buying procurement due to start in late 2024, as well as audit media performance of the appointed BBC Media Strategy and Buying supplier.

CPV: Advertising consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1To provide advice and auditing service on the BBC's relationship with it's media…Awarded

To provide advice and auditing service on the BBC's relationship with it's media buying and strategy partner. This includes best practice advice for upcoming procurement procedures, performance auditing and value auditing.

Contract period: … – 31 Aug 2031
Delivery: London
Extensions: This is a four year plus three year contract, covering the length of the paid media agency procurement and contractVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60
  • Cost: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • 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.

    1. Responding to the tender:

    3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Respon…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Open procedure
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 May 2024, 14:43 BST
Last source update
15 Aug 2024, 10:52 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Jun 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025921
Classification (CPV)
Advertising consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046b68 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
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
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
24 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

bbc.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

24 Jun 2024 → 15 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    15 Aug 2024, 10:52 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Aug 2024, 10:52 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £350,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Aperto PartnershipSME£350,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Media Advisor and Auditor · The Aperto PartnershipSME

    Signed
    18 Jul 2024
    Value
    £350,000
    Period
    … – 31 Aug 2031
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawBroadcasting Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UK, W1A 1AAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Business and Property Courts of England and Wales – TCCReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria