Published date: 7 May 2025
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£32,500,000
Procurement reference
tender_466107/1477739
Published date
7 May 2025
Closing date
16 January 2025
Closing time
2pm
Contract start date
1 July 2025
Contract end date
30 June 2030
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?
Yes
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 is now announcing the result of the competitive procurement for the reselection of 'Suppliers' for the
Local Democracy Reporting Service across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. and the Isle of Man, to deliver the recruitment of 165 journalists, employed by local news providers, across 118 Contract Areas.
This notice outlines the results of the tender process for the 2025 Supplier Applications following the tender which commenced in December 2024.
In regards to total value of the contracts awarded, the level of funding the BBC provides in relation to each Local Democracy Reporter (LDR) (as stated in the ITT) is £40,790 per LDR (non-London) and £43,190 per LDR (London) per annum with a 2% inflationary increase per annum in year 2 onwards. The breakdown of the 165 LDRs allocated across each contract area was stated in the tender documents.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) - 2025 Supplier Applications
- Opportunity
- Published 2 December 2024
Award information
Awarded date
7 April 2025
Contract start date
1 July 2025
Contract end date
30 June 2030
Total value of contract
£32,500,000
This contract was awarded to 15 suppliers.
Baylis Community Media CiC
Address
Maidenhead
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Brighton and Hove News Ltd
Address
Brighton
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
DC Thomson & Co Ltd
Address
Dundee
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Iliffe Media Group
Address
Rochester
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
National World Publishing Ltd
Address
Leeds
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Newsquest Media Group Ltd
Address
Newport
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Reach Shared Services Ltd
Address
London
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Social Spider CiC
Address
London
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Tindle Newspapers Ltd
Address
Farnham
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Caerphilly Media Ltd
Address
Caerphilly
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Highland News & Media Ltd
Address
Elgin
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Radio Manx Ltd
Address
Douglas
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Newbury News & Media Ltd
Address
Newbury
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Shetland News Online Ltd
Address
Shetland
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
University of Northampton Enterprises Ltd
Address
Northampton
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Joseph Thompson
Address
Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
England
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