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Planning

12 Dec 2022 at 10:11

Summary of the contracting process

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning a procurement process titled "Out of Hours Tooling - Request for Information (RFI)" in the software package and information systems category. This tender aims to explore solutions to assist engineers on out-of-hours support rota. The BBC is based in London, United Kingdom, and is currently in the planning stage for this tender, with a future notice date of 12th December 2022.

This opportunity is suitable for businesses specializing in industry-specific and miscellaneous software packages, particularly those able to provide innovative scheduling and call-out management solutions for out-of-hours support. Interested parties can potentially grow their business by collaborating with the BBC to meet their technology requirements. The procurement method is a tender, and businesses should follow the outlined steps to express interest and respond to the RFI to be considered for the opportunity.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Out of Hours Tooling - Request for Information (RFI)

Notice Description

The BBC would welcome responses to this request for information (RFI) in order to inform our thinking prior to any potential procurement exercise. The scope of this RFI is to investigate solutions to assist engineers who are on an out of hours support rota. The high level scope covers: * Scheduling management: o Rota management and organisation of out of hours engineers into teams/groups to support products/services etc * Call out management: o Phone numbers that route to whoever is on call (one per team / per product etc) o Escalation management (e.g. route calls to an engineering manager/head of software/other appropriate escalation point etc in case of no answer) o Notifications on call out such as Slack, email, MS Teams etc The purpose of this notice is to invite interested parties to complete a questionnaire which will allow the BBC to: * build an understanding of current solutions available in the marketplace * gain feedback on: o the availability of solutions in the marketplace, o whether there is one solution to meet the needs, or whether these would need to be met by differing solutions o whether functionality not currently met is on a supplier's roadmap and any cost/timescales associated with building it in o indicative costs and timescales for the on boarding of the solution o support of solution o any barriers to the implementation of the product/solution Please note this invitation has been issued purely as an information seeking exercise and is not part of any formal procurement process.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The BBC would welcome responses to this request for information (RFI) in order to inform our thinking prior to any potential procurement exercise. The scope of this RFI is to investigate solutions to assist engineers who are on an out of hours support rota. The high level scope covers: * Scheduling management: o Rota management and organisation of out of hours engineers into teams/groups to support products/services etc * Call out management: o Phone numbers that route to whoever is on call (one per team / per product etc) o Escalation management (e.g. route calls to an engineering manager/head of software/other appropriate escalation point etc in case of no answer) o Notifications on call out such as Slack, email, MS Teams etc The purpose of this notice is to invite interested parties to complete a questionnaire which will allow the BBC to: * build an understanding of current solutions available in the marketplace * gain feedback on: o the availability of solutions in the marketplace, o whether there is one solution to meet the needs, or whether these would need to be met by differing solutions o whether functionality not currently met is on a supplier's roadmap and any cost/timescales associated with building it in o indicative costs and timescales for the on boarding of the solution o support of solution o any barriers to the implementation of the product/solution Please note this invitation has been issued purely as an information seeking exercise and is not part of any formal procurement process.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-038c86
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035026-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Dec 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Dec 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
W1A 1AA
Postcode Area
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

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