Official UK procurement notice
Project Petra - Enterprise End User IT and Infrastructure
Authority: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BBC is seeking to procure enterprise end user IT and infrastructure services. The service will bring together support of End User technology for over 30,000 BBC staff and extended workforce at any given time across the group, in over 200 BBC locations around the globe, and the support of over 6,000 network devices, 1,500 virtual and physical services in the underlying technology infrastructure. The service will include email; collaboration tools; end user device support; server and network support; service desk and onsite support; and application management. Many of the services directly underpin critical production workflow and playout services. The successful supplier is expected to play a key role in projects to consolidate technology and to drive automation across the BBC, delivering long term savings, and the estimated contract value reflects this potential scope. The cost of delivering our day to day services is expected to be a small proportion of the total potential contract value.
- How the procedure runs: Following the ITP stage, a maximum of 6 suppliers will be invited to progress to an initial ITT. Following evaluation of initial tenders, a maximum of 4 suppliers will be invited to take part in negotiations. Negotiations will be followed by a final tender stage. We reserve the right to refine award criteria during the process. Detailed information regarding submission requirements and award criteria will be provided at each round.
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£661,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to ITP document for details
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to ITP document for details
- Condition of participationshortlisting
See tender documentation for details
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Commercial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Quality
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to ITP document for details
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to ITP document for details
- Condition of participationshortlisting
See tender documentation for details
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2026, 17:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 17:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
PROC/2026/05- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028181- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0675c0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payments to be made within 30 days for valid, undisputed invoices
- How it runs
Following the ITP stage, a maximum of 6 suppliers will be invited to progress to an initial ITT. Following evaluation of initial tenders, a maximum of 4 suppliers will be invited to take part in negotiations. Negotiations will be followed by a final tender stage. We reserve the right to refine award criteria during the process. Detailed information regarding submission requirements and award criteria will be provided at each round.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 30 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 30 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Mar 2026 → 22 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published215 days ago26 Mar 2026, 17:06 GMT
- Clarification questions by187 days ago23 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline180 days ago30 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 104 days8 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 117 days22 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Mar 2026, 17:06 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender