BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Official UK PPONPJRB-3233-GTQLWebsitebbc.co.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 17 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
22 awarded tenders, 34 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet22 procedures · 34% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems11 procedures · 17%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting8 procedures · 13%32 Radio, television, communication6 procedures · 9%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting5 procedures · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 5%64 Postal and telecommunications services3 procedures · 5%45 Construction work2 procedures · 3%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 64 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract94%(60 notices)
60 of 64 notices are Contract (94%).Framework6%(4 notices)
4 of 64 notices are Framework (6%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published47%(30 notices)
30 of 64 notices are Route not published (47%).Open31%(20 notices)
20 of 64 notices are Open (31%).Selective11%(7 notices)
7 of 64 notices are Selective (11%).Direct award9%(6 notices)
6 of 64 notices are Direct award (9%).Limited / restricted2%(1 notice)
1 of 64 notices is Limited / restricted (2%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 17 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 20 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 64 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 13 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Computacenter (UK) Ltd | 2 | 9.1% | 2 | 2 | 3 Sept 2026 |
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 2 | 3 Jun 2026 |
| BaxterStorey Limited | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Water Plus Limited | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | — |
| Sunbelt Rentals Ltd | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Firefly Audio Visual Solutions Limited | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | 15 Jul 2025 |
| Perform Content Ltd | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | 17 Jun 2025 |
| HCL Technologies UK Limited | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 | 24 Nov 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 18% of 22 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 34 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Live Music Event Producer R1BW & R2itP | Far and Beyond Events Ltd | 12 Sept 2025 | 3.1 yrs · up to 5.1 yrs | £37,500,000 ≈ £12m/yr |
| BBC Sport Managed Service | Timeline Television Limited | 28 Nov 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £19,554,143 ≈ £6.5m/yr |
| PROC 2023 12 AC EAST BANK | Heydon & Carr Ltd | 11 Aug 2026 | 1.3 yrs | £18,500,000 ≈ £14m/yr |
| Digbeth (Tea Factory) - FIT OUT | Overbury Plc | 27 Oct 2025 | 10 mo | £10,400,000 |
| BBC Sport Data Feed | Perform Content Ltd | 17 Jun 2025 | 4 yrs | £4,500,000 ≈ £1.1m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
11 of 12 contracts carry an end date · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Social Media Assets - Standard Provision | Cold Glass Production Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £3,825,000 |
| Social Media Assets - Campaigns and Events | Little Dot Studios Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £400,000 |
| Provision of Access and Disability Services | Medigold health consultancy limited, Medigold health consultancy limited | 30 Jun 2027 | £700,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 64 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Local Democracy Reporting Platform ServiceIT services: consulting | Open | 28 Sept 2026 | £1,300,000 |
| Provision of Access and Disability Services | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | — |
| On-Site, Live Production Playout ServersServers | Planning | 14 Oct 2026 | — |
| Taxi Hire ServicesHire of passenger cars with driver | Awarded / complete | 14 Oct 2026 | £52,500,000 |
| Sound Exposure Monitoring and ManagementNoise pollution monitoring services | Planning | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Participatory Content CapabilitiesSoftware package and information systems | Planning | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Email Security | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2026 | — |
| Design Research ToolingSocial research services | Open | 27 Aug 2026 | £5,000,000 |
| RFI - VHF FM Transmission Equipment / FM TransmittersRadio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus | Planning | 26 Aug 2026 | £250,000 |
| Election Results System RFIIT services: consulting | Planning | 14 Aug 2026 | £0 |
| BBC Music Studios, East Bank. Fit Out WorksBuilding alteration work | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | £13,600,000 |
| RFI - Privacy and AI Governance PlatformAdministration software package | Planning | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
| Domain Name Service (DNS) Solution | Awarded / complete | 5 Aug 2026 | — |
| Dumbarton Exit, Rivercity Set Demolition_ | Awarded / complete | 23 Jul 2026 | — |
| BBC Group Pension PlanGroup pension services | Open | 20 Jul 2026 | £8,500,000 |
| Provision of Social Media Assets to BBC Radio and BBC SoundsAdvertising and marketing services | Awarded / complete | 17 Jul 2026 | £4,225,000 |
| Travel Management CompanyTravel management services | Open | 16 Jul 2026 | £250,000,000 |
| CricViz Licensed Data | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | — |
| Broadcast Lighting Services FrameworkEvent services | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | £18,000,000 |
| Helicopter Services — BBC Live NewsgatheringHelicopters | Planning | 1 Jul 2026 | £0 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 11 of 12 published contracts have an end date; 0 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.