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title: "BBC Public Service Data Platform - Request for Information (RFI)"
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# BBC Public Service Data Platform - Request for Information (RFI)

Buyer: THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e18e06d7-175c-4a6d-b326-077913511076

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## Summary

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is in the planning stage of a public procurement process for the BBC Public Service Data Platform. The procurement involves a Request for Information (RFI) to understand software capabilities for a self-service data platform. The BBC is seeking information on data governance, data quality, data pipeline capabilities, and more. The engagement end date for this procurement is set for 26th April 2023.

This tender from the BBC offers opportunities for businesses providing data-related products and services. Companies specialising in data governance, data quality tools, ELT and ETL data pipeline capabilities, data visualization, metrics layer capabilities, and data storage services would be well-suited to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to participate in this tender process to support the BBC's data transformation programme.

## Notice

This notice is for a Request for Information ("RFI") that will help the BBC understand the software capabilities available to support a self-service data platform that is being developed by BBC Public Service. The scope of this Request for Information is within the public service arm of the BBC, which currently operates with a centralised data platform team that supports, owns, and maintains infrastructure for collection, storage, transformation, and exposure of data to the rest of the organisation. The vast majority of requests for new data and products from the data are funnelled through this centralised team, who often do not own the domain knowledge for many of the datasets. As part of the data transformation programme, the BBC is moving to a data mesh structure, in which the central platform team will provide the core data capabilities that can be reused by the rest of the organisation to self-serve their data needs. This will help the data platform to efficiently scale in a cost-effective manner to meet the growing data demands of the organisation and its vision. The BBC is requesting information regarding products and services in the market to deliver these core data capabilities in a data mesh structure. The BBC is looking for information regarding the following capabilities (Note: You may submit a response for one or more of these capabilities): 1. Data Governance and Data Quality tooling. 2. Self-service ELT and ETL data pipeline capabilities. 3. Tooling and infrastructure to provide and/or support for data transformation, aggregation, segmentation, and machine learning. 4. Data Visualisation Capabilities. 5. Metrics Layer capabilities. 6. Data Storage capabilities. For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided to the BBC in response to this RFI will be treated as confidential and non-binding. No contract will be awarded as a consequence of this RFI process. Should you choose to respond to this RFI the BBC will take on board all responses when shaping any potential future procurement activity. Additional information: Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps: 1 - Register your company on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal (this is only required once): 1.1 Go to https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk 1.2 - Click the link on the login page to register. 1.3 Accept the terms and conditions and click 'Continue'. 1.4 - Enter your correct business and user details. 1.5 - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete. 1.6 - You will shortly receive an email with your temporary password. 2 - Express an interest in the tender: 2.1 - Login to the portal with the username/password. 2.2 - Click the 'ITTs Open to all Suppliers' link. (These are Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier). 2.3 - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. 2.4 - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. 2.5 - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details' box. 3. Responding to the RFI: 3.1 - Click 'My Response' under ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). 3.2 - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. 3.3 - Note the deadline for completion, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the RFI. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). 3.4 You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help, or contact the Jaggaer eSourcing help desk.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05ad5321-f94c-4a46-8609-badee40b425d |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 26 Apr 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48600000 - Database and operating software package

## Release History

- 13 Apr 2023 at 15:35 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05ad5321-f94c-4a46-8609-badee40b425d
- 11 Apr 2023 at 13:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b823dac-d631-4bee-9c75-4c6697291500

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05ad5321-f94c-4a46-8609-badee40b425d
  13th April 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b823dac-d631-4bee-9c75-4c6697291500
  11th April 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk/
  BBC eSourcing

## Notice URLs

- https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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