Published date: 18 December 2023

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


Closing: 30 May 2023, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£75,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_350898/1294193

Published date

18 December 2023

Closing date

30 May 2023

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

2 January 2024

Contract end date

4 February 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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 requires a partner to deliver augmented engineering capacity as follows;

Lot 1 - an onshore partner to provide individuals to augment BBC teams in BBC locations in the UK. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; software engineers, test engineers, architects, and dev ops specialists.

Lot 2 - a nearshore partner ( +- 2 timezones GMT) to provide full agile development teams* to support work package based delivery. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; team leads, software engineers, test engineers, and dev ops specialists. *e.g. 1 technical team lead 4 developers and 2 testers.

The requirement is to be procured by means of a Framework Agreement divided into up to 2 Lots. BBC intends to appoint 1 supplier to the Framework to each lot.

The Framework Agreement for each Lot will have a term of 3 years commencing in November 2023 and ending in November 2026. The Agreement for each Lot may be extended at the BBC's discretion by up to 2 successive 12 month periods.

Spend is estimated to be up to £32.5m for Lot 1 and up to £42.5m for Lot 2 with a total maximum estimated spend over the 5 year term for both Lots of £75m.

Contract Start/end dates:
Lot 1: Initial term running from 02/01/2024 - 01/01/2027 plus two additional optional 12 month extension periods
Lot 2: Initial term running from 05/02/2024 - 04/02/2027 plus two additional optional 12 month extension periods

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Digital Engineering Augmentation

  • Opportunity
  • Published 26 April 2023

Award information

Awarded date

23 November 2023

Contract start date

2 January 2024

Contract end date

4 February 2029

Total value of contract

£1

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Spyrosoft Ltd

Address

SmartBase, Target Way, Aviation Park West, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 6NW

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Digital Engineering Augmentation - Lot 1

Accenture UK Ltd

Address

30 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3BD

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Digital Engineering Augmentation - Lot 2

About the buyer

Contact name

Maria Larkin

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

maria.larkin@bbc.co.uk