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title: "Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) - 2025 Supplier Applications"
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# Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) - 2025 Supplier Applications

Buyer: THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c2b74c1a-8ae0-4c2c-a0fc-336ce0cc10f6

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## Summary

The public procurement process for the "Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) - 2025 Supplier Applications" has been completed by The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a prominent buying organisation located in London, England. This tender, associated with the category "Supply services of personnel including temporary staff," aimed at contracting suppliers for the recruitment of 165 journalists across 118 Contract Areas in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and other regions. The process, initiated in December 2024, followed an open procedure above the threshold, with the tender period ending on 16th January 2025. The resulting contracts, valued at £32,500,000, are set to commence on 1st July 2025 and conclude on 30th June 2030, having been awarded on 7th April 2025. 

This procurement presents a significant opportunity for business growth, particularly for organisations specializing in journalism and media services. The tender requirements highlight opportunities for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), as these categories of organisations are deemed suitable for the project. By delivering crucial local journalism under the auspices of a project aligned with the BBC’s public purpose mission, businesses can enhance their footprint in media and journalism sectors. Large-scale suppliers like Baylis Community Media CiC, Brighton and Hove News Ltd, and Reach Shared Services Ltd have already been contracted, demonstrating the scale and scope of business engagement offered by this procurement process.

## Notice

A key component of the BBC's public purpose mission is to ensure that audiences can engage fully with major local issues, essential to democracy, keeping audiences informed and holding local authority to account. The BBC works with the local news industry to improve the provision of local journalism and is now announcing the result of the competitive procurement for the reselection of 'Suppliers' for the Local Democracy Reporting Service across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. and the Isle of Man, to deliver the recruitment of 165 journalists, employed by local news providers, across 118 Contract Areas. This notice outlines the results of the tender process for the 2025 Supplier Applications following the tender which commenced in December 2024. In regards to total value of the contracts awarded, the level of funding the BBC provides in relation to each Local Democracy Reporter (LDR) (as stated in the ITT) is PS40,790 per LDR (non-London) and PS43,190 per LDR (London) per annum with a 2% inflationary increase per annum in year 2 onwards. The breakdown of the 165 LDRs allocated across each contract area was stated in the tender documents.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eeda95a8-048d-45a1-949d-4997a9a653a1 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Jan 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £32,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £32,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1A 1AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 15 |
| Supplier names | BAYLIS COMMUNITY MEDIA; BRIGHTON AND HOVE NEWS; CAERPHILLY MEDIA; DC THOMSON; HIGHLAND NEWS & MEDIA; ILIFFE MEDIA GROUP; NATIONAL WORLD PUBLISHING; NEWBURY NEWS & MEDIA; NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP; RADIO MANX; REACH SHARED SERVICES; SHETLAND NEWS ONLINE; SOCIAL SPIDER; TINDLE NEWSPAPERS; UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON ENTERPRISES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 7 May 2025 at 09:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eeda95a8-048d-45a1-949d-4997a9a653a1
- 2 Dec 2024 at 15:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9be346e-3300-4a45-880b-7a24e7d114b1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eeda95a8-048d-45a1-949d-4997a9a653a1
  7th May 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9be346e-3300-4a45-880b-7a24e7d114b1
  2nd December 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk/
  BBC eSourcing

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