---
title: "TV Automation Testing Tool"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05e0a3"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "BBC (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)"
published: "2025-11-13"
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# TV Automation Testing Tool

Buyer: BBC (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e0a3

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## Summary

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently in the planning stages of a procurement process for a TV Automation Testing Tool. This procurement focuses on automating testing on physical TV devices, aiming to enhance consistency, scalability, flexibility, and efficiency. The initiative is under the planning stage, and the preliminary market engagement notice has been published. Key milestones include a request for information, for which the response deadline is 3rd December 2025 at 14:00 UK time. The procurement is reported under industry-specific software development services and is situated in London, UK. The process's legal framework is based on the UKPGA 2023/54. The planned contract period for successful bidders will start on 1st December 2026 and conclude on 1st December 2029.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses in the software development sector, particularly those specialising in automation and device interaction technologies. The procurement encourages participation from SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises), making it suitable for a wide range of businesses looking to expand their portfolios. Companies that excel in developing solutions for device interaction, output analysis, and remote control functionality are likely to find this opportunity appealing. Integrating seamlessly with BBC systems and efficiently managing tests could position these suppliers as key partners to one of the most renowned public broadcasters globally.

## Notice

The BBC is looking to explore the opportunities for automating the testing on physical TV devices (devices with screens, HDMI output). Our key areas of focus are consistency, scalability, flexibility and efficiency of the use cases listed later in this document. The requirements are broken down into 4 main areas: - Device Interaction - The ability to interact with a TV device, navigate through the user interfaces and capture the relevant video and audio outputs - Analysis - Perform analysis on the output from device interaction, and determine if tests have passed or failed based on pre-set criteria - Manual Control - Manual control of a device from an off-site location to allow for in depth exploration of the TV user interface and applications installed on the device - Test Management, Integration & Test Results - Management of testing, integration into BBC systems and hosting requirements

### Planning Information

Activity / Date
Request for information published./ Wednesday 12th November 2025 
Deadline for requesting clarification questions to the BBC./ Friday 21st November at 14:00 (UK Time)
Deadline for submitting an RFI response./ Wednesday 3rd December 2025 at 14:00 (UK Time)
Review of submitted RFI responses. / December/January 2025

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073622-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2026 - 1 Dec 2029 |
| 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 | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services

## Release History

- 13 Nov 2025 at 15:13 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073622-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073622-2025
  13th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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