Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
UK
Telephone: +44 1234567890
E-mail: tee.agbo@bbc.co.uk
Fax: +44 1234567890
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Broadcasting
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Training Services for Information Technology (IT)
Reference number: PROC/2018/07/AES Training Services for IT
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The BBC has selected a number of suppliers to support the BBC in the provision of training and development of software development and delivery for its staff throughout the UK.
The requirement has been procured by means of a Framework Agreement with a Call Off Procedure and split into 4 lots, with lot 1 further split into three discrete sub-lots:
— Lot 1: Software development:
—— sub-lot 1a: Programming languages, libraries and frameworks,
—— sub-lot 1b: Cloud, virtualisation, distributed systems and containers,
—— sub-lot 1c: Software engineering,
— Lot 2: Agile software delivery,
— Lot 3: Business analysis for software delivery,
— Lot 4: Networking IP.
The Framework Agreement will have an initial term of 2 years commencing on 1.3.2019 and ending on 28.2.2021. The Framework Agreement may be extended at the BBC's discretion by up to 2 years at 2 12 monthly periods.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1a
II.2.1) Title
Programming Languages, Libraries and Frameworks
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly at BBC premises in London and Salford.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) programming languages (e.g. Scala, Ruby);
(b) libraries and frameworks (e.g. React JS, Angular).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 1b
II.2.1) Title
Cloud, Virtualisation, Distributed Systems and Containers
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly at BBC premises in London and Salford.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) Cloud-based and virtual server development (e.g. AWS and GCP predominantly, but not necessarily exclusively).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 1C
II.2.1) Title
Software Engineering
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly at BBC premises in London and Salford.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) design;
(b) testing;
(c) security;
(d) data analytics.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Agile Software Delivery
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) Agile Project Management;
(b) Scrum, Kanban, both at introductory and advanced levels;
(c) lean delivery and development methodologies.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Business Analysis for Software Delivery
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly at BBC premises in London and Salford.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) foundation courses for technology staff in both digital online development and broadcast engineering;
(b) requirements engineering, stakeholder management, benefits management, modelling business process and release planning, etc., again relevant to technology staff in the B.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Networking IP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly at BBC premises in London and Salford.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as:
(a) TCP/IP networking fundamentals and advanced;
(b) specific networking for broadcasting (audio and video over IP);
(c) basic and advanced levels.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical (sub-criteria are stated within the procurement documents)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term of the Framework Agreement is 2 years and may be extended by a further 2 years at 12 monthly intervals.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 123-279617
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1a
Title: Programming Languages, Libraries and Frameworks
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QA Limited
Slough
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
JB International Training Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Framework Training LTD
Aldbourne
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 627 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1b
Title: Cloud, Virtualisation, Distributed Systems and Containers
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
JB International Training Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Framework Training Ltd
Aldbourne
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QA Limited
Slough
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
KPL Knowledge Solutions Ltd
Monmouth
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 732 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1c
Title: Software Engineering
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
JB International Training Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Framework Training Ltd
Aldbourne
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QA Limited
Slough
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
KPL Knowledge Solutions Ltd
Monmouth
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 732 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Agile Software Delivery
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QA Limited
Slough
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Agile Business Consortium Limited
Ashford
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Agility in Mind Ltd
Devizes
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 468 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Title: Business Analysis for Software Delivery
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
TCC Limited
Sandbach
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Assist Knowledge Development Limited
Oxford
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 153 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 4
Title: Networking IP
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Systems & Network Training Limited
Nutfield
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Global Knowledge Network Training Limited
Wokingham
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 579 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
In the case of technology requirements, the BBC may involve its technology partner (Atos IT Solutions and Services Limited) to assist in the scoping and drafting of invitations to tender and/or the evaluation of tenders. However, the final decision as to which is the most economically advantageous (by reference to the award criteria) will be made by the BBC. The awarding authority reserves the right not to award a contract and to annul the procurement process at any stage. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling. The contract shall be subject to English law. The awarding authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any tender and reserves the right to accept part of a tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates otherwise in the tender document.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Business and Property Courts of England and Wales
Rolls Building, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1NL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/02/2019