Published date: 18 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 28 February 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 28 February 2019)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£600,000

Procurement reference

tender_171217/688058

Published date

18 July 2018

Closing date

16 August 2018

Contract start date

1 March 2019

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The BBC uses Digital Participatory Experiences, such as quizzes or personality tests, to engage with our audience. These come in many formats.

The BBC is looking to license a product that will enable the continuation of these participatory experiences.

The requirement is to be procured by means of a Framework Agreement. BBC intends to appoint a single supplier to the Framework.

Participatory experiences are fundamental to our content offering across Children's, Sport, News and BBC Three to help better engage our audience and build a deeper relationship through participation.

In Children's, these experiences are one of the most popular content types (second only to games), so any gap in production of these may result in a reduction in reach and retention of our youngest audience.

Children's also has a long-term ambition for participatory experiences, that is closely aligned to the BBC's vision for a more personal, participatory BBC:
 To attribute participatory experience engagement and results to signed-in users
 To reward participatory experience achievements and surface results in leaderboards/profiles
 To enable improved discovery of age- and ability-appropriate participatory experiences.

The BBC products mentioned above vary in the amount of traffic they receive and the volume of participatory experiences they publish. Estimated typical figures are shown below. These figures are expected to increase over the lifetime of the contract.

BBC Product : New participatory experiences published per week : Impressions per week (all participatory experiences)
Children's : 25 to 30 : 550,000 to 700,000
Sport : 5 to 10 : 750,000 to 900,000
News : 5 to 10 : 975,000 to 1,125,000
BBC Three : 20 to 25 : 55,000 to 250,000

The estimated duration in this notice is £600k, however this is based on a full term of 4 years and an expansion of the current impressions and BBC Products.


More information

Additional text

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 BravoSolution e-Tendering portal (this is only required once): 1.1 - Go to https://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 Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). 3.2 - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. 3.3 - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). 3.4 - You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the Bravo e-Tendering help desk.


About the buyer

Contact name

Becky Chisholm

Address

BC0 B1-D1, Broadcast Centre, White City Place, 201 Wood Lane
London
W12 7TQ
England

Email

rebecca.chisholm@bbc.co.uk

Website

http:/www.bbc.co.uk/supplying