Official UK procurement notice
Social Media Listenig Services
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAt the BBC, the audience is at the heart of everything we do.
Thanks to social media and social listening we can hear from our audiences, in the UK and around the world, much quicker and in greater detail than ever before.
We use social listening to help inform and cover news. BBC News and BBC World Service are known globally as some of the most trusted and valued news brands. Social listening can help us to tell stories quickly – and find content, contributors and to analyse trends and better serve our audience.
BBC Monitoring is another key user for this tender. The service monitors over 3,000 sources across radio, TV, press, online and social, in 100 languages. Their purpose remains to observe, understand and explain the world's media to help our users interpret key events.
CPV: Data services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£860,000
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.
Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps:
- 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.
- 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.
- Responding to the tender:
3.1 Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to…
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
- 23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
PROC 2020 68 AN- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-020742- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- 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
- 22 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
Timeline
23 Aug 2021 → 22 Sept 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
- Submission deadline22 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of Engalnd and Wales — TCCReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria