This notice is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Interactive Services.
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Broadcasting House, Portland Place
For the attention of: Andrew Kraushaar
W1A 1AA London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: www.bbc.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.bbc.co.uk/supplying
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Other: Broadcasting
1.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Interactive Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 26: Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: BBC sites across the United Kingdom.
Service category No 26: Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: BBC sites across the United Kingdom.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This notice is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Interactive Services.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
92221000
II.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice / call for competition
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: yes
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest: no
For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: no
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: no
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive
The BBC currently obtains Interactive Services from an external provider ("Services”). This contract is due to expire on 30.09.2015.
The BBC is reviewing its options for a number of related service and technology contracts, and doing so at a time of enormous change for the organisation. Developments in technology, connectivity and digital media delivery since the time the Services contract was originally let mean that the potential scope of the Services, when aligned to the BBC's related service and technology contracts, could be greater than those contemplated under the current contract. The BBC is therefore going to review the metadata publication chain and the boundaries which currently exist between various parts of the operation and those responsible for delivering them, in order to determine the proper scope of its future Interactive Services.
The BBC has therefore decided to enter into an extension of the existing contract with the incumbent provider for a period of 18 months commencing 1.10.2015. This will allow it to align the contract end date for the Services with other relevant and related service/technology contracts, with sufficient time to determine the very best and most economic and efficient resourcing solutions for the BBC and its Licence Fee payers without placing the Services at additional significant operational risk during an operationally critical year (2016 sees the BBC broadcasting a number of planned major events including the next Olympic Games)
A recent RFI exercise has demonstrated market interest and capability in providing these services. The BBC intends to carry out further market soundings in Q3 2013 and commence a competitive process in Q1 2014 to award a contract for its Interactive Services for the period following the expiry date of the extended contract. Timing of the award of the subsequent contract will allow sufficient time to transition to the new solution and operating model from 1/4/2017.The complex and broadcast critical nature of the Services means that any such transition would necessarily have to take place over a period of at least 24 months.
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: yes
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest: no
For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: no
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: no
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive
The BBC currently obtains Interactive Services from an external provider ("Services”). This contract is due to expire on 30.09.2015.
The BBC is reviewing its options for a number of related service and technology contracts, and doing so at a time of enormous change for the organisation. Developments in technology, connectivity and digital media delivery since the time the Services contract was originally let mean that the potential scope of the Services, when aligned to the BBC's related service and technology contracts, could be greater than those contemplated under the current contract. The BBC is therefore going to review the metadata publication chain and the boundaries which currently exist between various parts of the operation and those responsible for delivering them, in order to determine the proper scope of its future Interactive Services.
The BBC has therefore decided to enter into an extension of the existing contract with the incumbent provider for a period of 18 months commencing 1.10.2015. This will allow it to align the contract end date for the Services with other relevant and related service/technology contracts, with sufficient time to determine the very best and most economic and efficient resourcing solutions for the BBC and its Licence Fee payers without placing the Services at additional significant operational risk during an operationally critical year (2016 sees the BBC broadcasting a number of planned major events including the next Olympic Games)
A recent RFI exercise has demonstrated market interest and capability in providing these services. The BBC intends to carry out further market soundings in Q3 2013 and commence a competitive process in Q1 2014 to award a contract for its Interactive Services for the period following the expiry date of the extended contract. Timing of the award of the subsequent contract will allow sufficient time to transition to the new solution and operating model from 1/4/2017.The complex and broadcast critical nature of the Services means that any such transition would necessarily have to take place over a period of at least 24 months.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Not applicable. Weighting 100
1. Not applicable. Weighting 100
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
N/A.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 3 Lot title: Interactive ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Red Bee Media
Ealing Cross, 85 Uxbridge Road
W5 5TH London
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
22.4.2013