Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Push Notification Services
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC sought to contract for the provision of push notification services. The BBC currently uses a third party to provide these services for its News, Sport, iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize and Children's apps.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1BBC News currently issues approximately 5 high priority breaking new alerts per day to…AwardedPublished value£3,000,000
BBC News currently issues approximately 5 high priority breaking new alerts per day to both signed in and non-signed in users. Users who are signed in are required to opt in for editorially managed topics, for example breaking stories from technology or politics. The service must be able to support both signed in e.g., targeted topic-based notifications and non-signed in e.g., breaking news notifications.
BBC Sport app is a signed in experience. Sport currently sends three types of notifications:
- Automated notifications on specific topics, such as kick offs for a particular football team and goal alerts
- Breaking news for editorially managed topics, for example Olympics
- Live event reminders
BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds both offer a signed in experience, and send the following notification types:
- Automated next episode notifications for programmes that users are following
- Recommendation notifications for suggested programmes based on the users watching or listening history
BBC Bitesize offer both signed in and signed out experiences. For signed in users, notifications are sent based on a user's activity e.g., when a user does not complete a study guide. For signed out users, reminders are sent when new content is available.
BBC Childrens apps all offer a signed-out experience, and send notifications based on the user's activity in the app, e.g., collecting badges
Other BBC apps are expected to use the service and integrate over time, e.g., BBC Weather, more childrens apps.
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 (9)
- Accessibility: 3
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: 3
- Technical Requirements: 30
- Service Resilience: 20
- Delivery: 24
- Innovation: 7.5
- Performance Monitoring and Contract Compliance: 7.5
- price: 50
- Sustainability: 5
Published award criteria (9)
- Accessibility: 3%
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: 3%
- Sustainability: 5%
- Technical Requirements: 30%
- Service Resilience: 20%
- Delivery: 24%
- Innovation: 7.5%
- Performance Monitoring and Contract Compliance: 7.5%
- Price: 50%
- 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 e-Tendering 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. 3. Responding to the tender: 3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'C…
- Price carries 50 of 150 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
- 15 Jun 2022, 16:00 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2023, 13:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Jul 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007996- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0346eaFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
- Performance terms
Please refer to Procurement documentation
- Review procedure
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
- 15 Jul 2022, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Jul 2022, 16:00 BST
Timeline
15 Jul 2022 → 20 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Jul 2022, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Jul 2022, 16:00 BST
- Notice published20 Mar 2023, 13:21 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2023, 13:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airship Group Inc | £2,650,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007996-2023-1 · Airship Group Inc
- Signed
- 17 Mar 2023
- Value
- £2,650,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales - TCCReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Airship Group IncAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria