BBC Tender for Online Voting Platform
We are seeking a supplier to provide the technology and service for running online votes in BBC Online audience facing products, both in responsive web pages as well as supporting voting in native mobile and connected television applications.
United Kingdom-London: Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
2017/S 117-235043
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1234567890
E-mail: rebecca.chisholm@bbc.co.uk
NUTS code: UK
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Online Voting Platform.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
We are seeking a supplier to provide the technology and service for running online votes in BBC Online audience facing products, both in responsive web pages as well as supporting voting in native mobile and connected television applications. The technology and service is expected to allow audience members to vote on high-profile events such as Strictly Come Dancing, as well as take part in polls tied to topical news and sport stories. The supplier is expected to provide a managed service to provide offsite and onsite support to administrate the running of a vote during key broadcast events, as well as technical support to editorial teams who will run their own votes. The supplier is expected to offer a wide range of voting formats for our audience to interact with, e.g. single choice, multiple choice, rankings etc.
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The BBC requires a proven, robust, and high-capacity voting platform that will enable the audience to vote online on an editorial subject broadcast by the BBC. The editorial subjects will range from those with a significant material outcome such as deciding the winner or Sports Personality of the Year through to ‘just for fun’ votes where audience members are asked their opinion on, for example, whether they prefer popular music to classical.
The BBC also requires a simple web based interface for the creation and management of individual votes for its production teams to use throughout the lifecycle of a vote.
Event Type 1 BBC online votes are broadcast in both pre-recorded and live programmes as well as promoted online only. Where voting is promoted and/or resolved in a live broadcast, such as Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC requires a Managed Service with On-site support from the supplier as set out in Scenario 1. The BBC run approximately 5-15 votes that require a Managed Services per year with approximately 25 — 35 On-site events.
Where an Event Type 2 vote is promoted in a live or pre-recorded show and has a vote window of 24 hours +, such as the Countryfile Calendar Competition (2 week vote window) or RHS Chelsea Flower Show vote (3 day vote window) the BBC require Off-site support as outlined in Scenario 2. The BBC run approximately 10-30 votes that require Off-site support.
For votes that are BBC managed (Event Type 3), the BBC requires a web based User Interface for production teams to set up and run their own votes on an ad-hoc basis that is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The BBC requires training and telephone support when managing their own votes as outlined in Scenario 3. The BBC runs approximately 500 production managed votes per year. We anticipate approximately 300 live BBC users, with 20-50 concurrent BBC users.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The Parties agree that the BBC may extend the Initial Term for up to 2 (two) separate periods of up to 12 (twelve) months per period commencing on expiry of the Initial Term and the first extension respectively (the ‘Extension(s)’) on the same terms (including the rates specified in Schedule 2).
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Where there is more than one economic operator, the BBC reserves the right to require a grouping of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
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III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
London UK.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
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.4.1)Review body
London
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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