Official UK procurement notice
TV Licensing Postal Services
Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Broadcasting House·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC has a requirement for the provision of TV Licensing Postal Services.
Under the terms of the BBC Royal Charter. The BBC is responsible for the collection and
administration of the licence fee revenue throughout the UK, the Channel Islands and
the Isle of Man. The majority of TV Licensing letters are sent to unlicensed addresses to ensure all households and other premises are correctly licensed but TV Licensing also issues letters to direct debit customers in line with its statutory obligations under the
BACS Regulations.
CPV: Postal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contract covers the delivery of all TV Licensing mailings as follows:AwardedRenewal
The contract covers the delivery of all TV Licensing mailings as follows:
- the collection of mailings from the BBC's outsourced print production sites; and
- the sorting and delivery of these items to Royal Mail in the most efficient and cost effective way possible to minimise Royal Mail charges for the BBC.
These mailings are essential for the BBC in managing the collection and administration of licence fee revenue. The majority of the mailings are;
- Mailings to unlicensed addresses for which no email address is available;
- Statutory obligations under the BACS Regulations to send mailings to direct debit customers regarding increases in the licence fee; and
- Mailings to customers who have not consented to email communications.
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 (2)
- Merit: 50%
- price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Merit: 50
- 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 'Create Resp…
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- 16 Aug 2023, 14:45 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2024, 09:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
PROC 2022/83/CM TV Licensing Postal Services- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014612- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f05cFind a Tender
- 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
- 27 Sept 2023, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
Timeline
25 Sept 2023 → 8 May 2024 · 3 dates- Bids opened25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline27 Sept 2023, 14:00 BST
- Notice published8 May 2024, 09:55 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2023- Deadline moved to 27 Sept 2023, 14:00 BST21 Sept 2023, 10:22 BST+2 days · was 25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
- Status changed to complete8 May 2024, 09:55 BST
- Buyer details updated8 May 2024, 09:55 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 25 Sept 2023 | 27 Sept 2023 | +2 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHISTL UK LIMITEDProvision of TVL Postal Services | £169,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of TVL Postal Services · WHISTL UK LIMITED
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2024
- Value
- £169,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawBroadcasting
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales - TCCReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Whistl UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.