Published date: 21 May 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 January 2021, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£31,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_252517/964297

Published date

21 May 2021

Closing date

15 January 2021

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

30 June 2024

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

A key component of the BBC's public purpose mission is to ensure that audiences can engage
fully with major local issues, essential to democracy, keeping audiences informed and holding
local authority to account. The BBC works with the local news industry to improve the provision
of local journalism and has now conducted a competitive procurement for the reselection of
'Suppliers' for the Local Democracy Reporting Service across the United Kingdom of Great Britain
& Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, to deliver the recruitment of 165 journalists, employed
by local news providers, across 118 Contract Areas.

A 'Supplier' receives the free content generated through the Local Democracy Reporting Service,
News Hub and Shared Data Unit, and employs one or more of the Local Democracy Reporters to
report on local democratic institutions in the relevant Contract Area(s) including top-tier local
authorities, county councils, unitary authorities and metropolitan boroughs in the UK.

65 Local Democracy Reporters to report on 118 'Contract Areas' (118 lots) across the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man. All contracts commence on 1st July 2021 for a period of 3
years.
Full details of the lotting structure, and awarded contracts, can be downloaded as a pdf document at the
following link:

https://bbc.com/lnp/documents/ldrs_suppliers_2021_v1.pdf

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Local News Partnership - 'Supplier' Applications 2021

  • Opportunity
  • Published 4 December 2020

Award information

Awarded date

30 April 2021

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Total value of contract

£31,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Various

Address

Various

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

https://bbc.com/lnp/documents/ldrs_suppliers_2021_v1.pdf

About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathan Palfreeman

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

jonathan.palfreeman@bbc.co.uk