---
title: "On-Site, Live Production Playout Servers"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0786f9"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)"
published: "2026-10-13"
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# On-Site, Live Production Playout Servers

Buyer: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0786f9

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## Summary

The BBC intends to procure on-site live production playout servers for use alongside its move from site-based media asset management and editing systems to Jupiter Cloud, a cloud-hosted editing system. The servers will need to integrate with existing infrastructure at five sites across the United Kingdom. The existing setup includes studio playout servers and playout functions used by the newsroom, all controlled through a single media asset management system. Each site has multiple studios, with up to 15 at one site. This is a purchase of broadcast production server equipment, rather than the cloud editing system itself. The BBC is seeking options for providing the on-premises playout capability needed as editing moves to the cloud.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the BBC has stated its intention to buy, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It is carrying out preliminary market engagement through a request for information, with responses expected by 13 November 2026. The BBC expects the contract period to run from 3 May 2027 to 2 May 2028. The procurement is for goods, with one lot covering the server requirement across the five sites. The estimated value is above the applicable threshold, but no monetary amount is stated. No procurement procedure or award criteria are set out at this stage. The market engagement is an opportunity for suppliers to inform the BBC’s options before it develops the procurement.

This requirement is likely to suit suppliers with experience supplying and integrating on-premises playout servers for broadcast studios and newsroom production environments. Businesses able to connect server-based playout functions with existing site infrastructure, while supporting a transition to cloud-hosted editing, are relevant to the stated need. Suppliers should be prepared to address a multi-site deployment across the United Kingdom and installations serving several studios at each location. The BBC is seeking options, so suppliers with adaptable technical approaches and the ability to explain how their equipment would work with the current setup may be well placed to contribute during market engagement. The scale and technical fit of the proposed solution, rather than general-purpose server supply alone, are central to relevance.

## Notice

The BBC is moving from on-premises MAMs and editing systems, per site, to a cloud hosted TAMS based editing system, known as "Jupiter Cloud." The existing systems include playout servers in studios and playout functions available to the Newsroom, all controlled under a single MAM. With the move to the cloud hosted editing system the BBC is looking for options to provide the playout servers on premises to integrate with the existing infrastructure on site. There are currently 5 sites that will be in scope for this change, across the United Kingdon. Each site has multiple studios, up to a, current, maximum of 15 on a single site.

### Planning Information

Please note this is a request for information at this stage.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096748-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 3 May 2027 - 3 May 2028 |
| 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 |
| Postcode area | 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

- 48820000 - Servers

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 17:57 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096748-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096748-2026
  13th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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