Published date: 13 November 2019

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


Closing: 11 June 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising campaign services - 79341400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£13,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_138934/811211

Published date

13 November 2019

Closing date

11 June 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

In 2015 the government announced that they were investing £85m a year for four years in BBC World Service, launching 11 new services in the following languages: Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. This means the BBC World Service will be available in 40+ languages including English. The BBC World Service will also expand its digital services to offer more mobile and video content, a greater social media presence, and new ways of reaching its audience around the globe. This money will help build the global reach of the World Service and increase audience access to news and information and help achieve the overarching business objective of reaching 500 million people per week by 2022.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

BBC Media Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 February 2018

Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£13,500,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Oban Multilingual Strategy Limited

Address

Brighton, UK

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1

8 Million Stories Limited

Address

Edinburgh, UK

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2

About the buyer

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

angela.swanson@bbc.co.uk