--- title: "BBC Sports Managed Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05505f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05505f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05505f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05505f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "BBC (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)" published: "2025-11-28" --- # BBC Sports Managed Service Buyer: BBC (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION) Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05505f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05505f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05505f.json) ## Summary The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), based in London, has concluded a competitive open tender for the "BBC Sports Managed Service" to manage technical crews for services including Gallery Operations, Editing, Ingest, Quality Control, and Media Management. The procurement falls under the motion picture and video tape production and related services category and covers the UK, with the contract initially spanning from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029. The value of the contract is £19,554,143 net (£23,464,971 gross), ensuring compliance with above-threshold procurement. The award was announced on 28th November 2025, with contract signing expected on 10th December 2025 after an eight-day standstill period. This contract offers substantial opportunities for SMEs specialising in media management services. Timeline Television, the successful supplier, alongside other tender participants, highlights the potential for smaller enterprises to compete in high-value service contracts. The open, competitive flexible procedure used encourages diverse participation from companies capable of providing specialised staff for demanding media operations, thus enabling business growth through strategic public service contracts. ## Notice BBC Sport have a need for a service partner to manage technical crews for the delivery of Gallery Operations, Editing, Ingest, Quality Control and Media Management. This is essentially a staff only operation with the necessary facilities being provided by the BBC or other managed service providers for edit systems. BBC Sport has a need to reprocure as the current expires on 31/03/26. The service includes staffing the 3rd floor of Quay House Media Citysport production, Multimedia 1 and 2 galleries, sub mix 1,2 and 3 areas, off tube 1 and 2. There are 12 craft edits in Quay House plus 23 desk edits which need crewing with appropriately experienced staff and supported by media management and ingest teams to ensure material is booked in, scheduled for ingest and media managed and archived appropriately maximising reuse and minimising storage. Traditionally the supply of all staff is a blend of service partners core staff and freelancers. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: initial term is 3 years with optional extension period of up to 2 years ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078121-2025 | | Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Nov 2025 | | Submission deadline | 14 Jul 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 14 Nov 2025 | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £20,000,000 | | Lots value | £20,000,000 | | Awards value | £19,554,143 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Pending | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BBC (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION) | | 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 | 1 | | Supplier names | TIMELINE TELEVISION | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 92110000 - Motion picture and video tape production and related services ## Release History - 28 Nov 2025 at 14:13 - AwardUpdate - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078121-2025 - 24 Nov 2025 at 15:46 - AwardUpdate - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076592-2025 - 14 Nov 2025 at 18:06 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074180-2025 - 20 Jun 2025 at 08:15 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033913-2025 - 19 Jun 2025 at 16:05 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033854-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078121-2025 28th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076592-2025 24th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074180-2025 14th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033913-2025 20th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033854-2025 19th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/ - https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.timeline.tv ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05505f. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05505f.json.