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Published 31 May 2022, 09:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Traffic and Travel Information Service

Official notice

Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BBC is looking to engage a supplier to provide Traffic & Travel News and Information to the BBC including all local radio services in England, Wales, and Scotland, Radios 2 and Five Live, regional television, and Red Button, on behalf of the whole BBC.

CPV: Provision of services to the community

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The BBC is looking to purchase reliable Traffic and Travel news information service,…

The BBC is looking to purchase reliable Traffic and Travel news information service, available and up-to-date 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year.

The core service of Traffic and Travel information via the internet/a designated user front end will be available to all BBC users.

The BBC will use the information supplied on associated public services without the requirement to acquire rights for each specific device. For the avoidance of doubt, television rights also incorporate digital text services and interactive TV services. Internet rights cover fixed internet, including broadband over any device and mobile internet including but not limited to mobile phones, smartphone, tablets and other IP connected devices.

All BBC local radio services in England, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales/Cymru, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Five Live Stations may opt partly or wholly to receive bulletins in data/script information form, customised for each individual user department/programme requirement for local voicing and/or to supplement locally-generated content.

Delivery: UK
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
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 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 'Create Resp…

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
31 May 2022, 09:54 BST
Last source update
31 May 2022, 09:54 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
PROC202207
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015145
Classification (CPV)
Provision of services to the community
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0341cf Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
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
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
29 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
29 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 May 2022 → 29 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    31 May 2022, 09:54 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    29 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    29 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawBroadcasting Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UK, W1A 1AAContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Business and Property Courts of England and Wales – TCCReview body London

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