Published date: 11 October 2024

Last edited date: 1 November 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 29 November 2024

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_467962/1411348

Published date

11 October 2024

Closing date

29 November 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The BBC's internet network carries all the BBC's audience facing traffic and CDN origin traffic. Additionally, it provides transit for the corporate network. The availability of this network and services delivered across it are crucial in maintaining the BBC's online presence for critical services such as www.bbc.co.uk and BBC iPlayer.

The current contract will end in 2025, the BBC is now seeking a Cloud based monitoring and mitigation Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) service to protect the availability of all BBC online assets with minimal degradation of service.

PLEASE NOTE - this is a market soundings exercise and will not be used to prequalify or evaluate any potential suppliers.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Distributed Denial of Service - Request for Information

  • Early engagement
  • Published 11 October 2024

Links

Additional text

Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps:

1 - Register your company on the Jaggaer eSourcing 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 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 to access the content.
2.4 - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ into your 'My PQQs 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 Details' box.

3.Responding to the tender:
3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ 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, and then follow the onscreen instructions to
complete the PQQ 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 Jaggaer eSourcing help desk.

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Hurley

Address

London Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

paul.hurley@bbc.co.uk