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Published 23 Jul 2024, 16:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Safety Management Software Solution

Official notice

Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Aug 2024awarded 29 Nov 2024
Awarded to Corporate Governance Risk

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BBC has procured a cloud-based safety management software solution to enable the assessment, recording, monitoring, management and reporting in relevant areas of BBC Quality, Risk and Assurance as set out in the Requirement Specification and ITT documentation.

The Contract is for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend by 2 x 1 year extensions, to a maximum of 5 years.

CPV: Software supply services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
Delivery: London
Extensions: The Contract has an initial term of three (3) years, with 2x 1 year options to extend, upto a maximum of five (5) years.Variant 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)
  • Merit: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Merit: 60
  • Price: 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. 3. 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
23 Jul 2024, 16:20 BST
Last source update
13 Dec 2024, 12:31 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
PROC 2024 48 FN
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040246
Classification (CPV)
Software supply services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0483d3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

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
22 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
22 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Aug 2024 → 13 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    13 Dec 2024, 12:31 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Dec 2024, 12:31 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 155 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Corporate Governance RiskSME£600,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
15bids · 15 electronic · 3 from abroad5——

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 - TCC.Review 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