Award

Provision of Push Notification Services

THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Mar 2023 at 13:21

Tender

15 Jun 2022 at 15:00

Summary of the contracting process

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has awarded a contract for the Provision of Push Notification Services to Airship Group Inc. The tender focused on IT services and consulting, with the BBC currently using a third party to provide these services for various apps. The contract value is £2,650,000 and was signed on 17th March 2023. The award criteria included technical requirements, service resilience, innovation, and price, with suppliers having to meet quality and price standards to be considered for the award.

This procurement process presents an opportunity for businesses involved in IT services and consulting to compete for contracts with the BBC. The tender aimed at providing push notification services across multiple BBC apps, offering opportunities for companies specialising in IT services and software development. The BBC's selection criteria outline the process for suppliers to express interest and respond to the tender, highlighting clear steps for engagement. Suppliers seeking to participate should review the detailed procurement documentation and preparation requirements to enhance their competitiveness in securing contracts with the BBC.

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Notice Title

Provision of Push Notification Services

Notice Description

The BBC sought to contract for the provision of push notification services. The BBC currently uses a third party to provide these services for its News, Sport, iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize and Children's apps.

Lot Information

Lot 1

BBC News currently issues approximately 5 high priority breaking new alerts per day to both signed in and non-signed in users. Users who are signed in are required to opt in for editorially managed topics, for example breaking stories from technology or politics. The service must be able to support both signed in e.g., targeted topic-based notifications and non-signed in e.g., breaking news notifications. BBC Sport app is a signed in experience. Sport currently sends three types of notifications: - Automated notifications on specific topics, such as kick offs for a particular football team and goal alerts - Breaking news for editorially managed topics, for example Olympics - Live event reminders BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds both offer a signed in experience, and send the following notification types: - Automated next episode notifications for programmes that users are following - Recommendation notifications for suggested programmes based on the users watching or listening history BBC Bitesize offer both signed in and signed out experiences. For signed in users, notifications are sent based on a user's activity e.g., when a user does not complete a study guide. For signed out users, reminders are sent when new content is available. BBC Childrens apps all offer a signed-out experience, and send notifications based on the user's activity in the app, e.g., collecting badges Other BBC apps are expected to use the service and integrate over time, e.g., BBC Weather, more childrens apps.

Options: The BBC is seeking to award to a single provider on a 3 year initial contract term with two possible optional extensions of 12 months each. Please refer to the procurement documentation for additional details.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0346ea
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007996-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,650,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Mar 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
15 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Mar 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
joseph.thompson@bbc.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1234567890

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
W1A 1AA
Post Town
West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
West End
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AIRSHIP GROUP

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