Official UK procurement notice
Online Moderation Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The BBC requires a single supplier for the provision of online moderation services. The BBC encourages its audience members (Users) to interact with the BBC’s Interactive Services by submitting Content in relation to, for example, blogs and commenting and via engagement on non-BBC social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Additional information: The maximum contract duration is up to 5 years. The initial contract term will be for 3 years, following which the BBC may at its discretion extend the term on 2 further occasions for a period of up to 12 months on each occasion. The annual contract value detailed in 11.1.5 is the total maximum Contract value.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC requires a single supplier for the provision of online moderation services.
The BBC encourages its audience members (Users) to interact with the BBC’s Interactive Services by submitting Content in relation to, for example, blogs and commenting and via engagement on non-BBC social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.
The BBC wishes to procure the non-exclusive provision by the Supplier of flexible moderation services for the BBC’s Interactive Services for up to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week and 365 days/year in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and depending on the BBC’s flexible daily moderation requirements.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£2,900,000
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).
- 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.
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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
- Closed
- 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
- 26 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 26 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jun 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011768- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
- 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- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jun 2021, 14:00 BST
Timeline
26 May 2021 → 24 Jun 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published26 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Submission deadline24 Jun 2021, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Jun 2021, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales – TCC.Review body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria