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# Online Information Services 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-information-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): "Online Information Services 2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 May 2025, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: bbc.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bbc-british-broadcasting-corporation-gov-pc388)
- **Published Value:** £1,450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 May 2025 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** License management software development services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-information-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-information-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [bbc.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-information-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f#participate

## Description
The BBC is seeking a Supplier to provide an Online Information Services.  The Supplier shall provide an existing – “off-the shelf” web-based application with access to current content and an extensive archive. The service must include access to a wide range of searchable full text content including major United Kingdom national and regional newspapers, international newspapers, magazines, specialist titles and other sources. 
The service will form part of an essential research resource available to the BBC’s workforce and extended workforce both within and outside the United Kingdom, and possibly to BBC Group.
The spend range over the 4 year term (3 years plus 1) is between £1,100,000 - £1,450,000 million (excluding VAT). The spend ranges are not committed spend ranges, and are therefore "only an
estimation" of spend that could be made through the Agreement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72212218

- **Estimated Value:** £1,450,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 31/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 04/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012552-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-04T11:25:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:40:48.503Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04fc0f