Buyer profile · Local or regional public body
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: British Broadcasting Corporation
- Tenders published
- 12
- About one every 30 days
- Contracts awarded
- 14
- To 29 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £9.87m
- 11 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £527k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £28.7mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
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- £250kestimated
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When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)78%
- Direct award (no competition)22%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 58% of other public bodies
- Based on 8 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 78%
- Higher than 61% of other public bodies
- Based on 23 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 66%
- Higher than 61% of other public bodies
- Based on 29 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 77% of other public bodies
- Based on 14 awards
- Split into lots
- 17%
- Lower than 50% of other public bodies
- Based on 12 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 22%
- Higher than 50% of other public bodies
- Based on 23 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most other public bodies
- Based on 12 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 31 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 7 |
| 20–25 days | 12 |
| 25–30 days | 42 |
| 30–35 days | 56 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 8 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 7 |
| 2–4 bids | 37 |
| 4–6 bids | 36 |
| 6–8 bids | 22 |
| 8–10 bids | 22 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 4 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 8 |
This buyer: 78%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 36 |
| 10–20% | 34 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 18 |
| 50–60% | 23 |
| 60–70% | 28 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 96 |
This buyer: 66%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 6 |
| 10–20% | 14 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 27 |
| 40–50% | 44 |
| 50–60% | 49 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 39 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 25 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Boost 5 - An Arts in Health Programme for Young People | PeopleSpeakUp | £9,700 | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi Hire Services | Cmac Group UK Limited | £52.5m | 14 Oct 2026 |
| BBC Music Studios, East Bank. Fit Out Works | Heydon & Carr Ltd | £18.5m | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Provision of Access and Disability Services | Medigold Health Consultancy Limited | £700k | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Provision of Social Media Assets to BBC Radio and BBC Sounds | Cold Glass Production Ltd, Little Dot Studios Ltd | — | 3 Jul 2026 |
| BBC Catering Services | BaxterStorey Limited | £4.32m | 9 Jun 2026 |
| BBC Hardware & Software Provisioning | Computacenter | — | 4 Jun 2026 |
| Domain Name Service (DNS) Solution | IBM United Kingdom Limited | — | 29 May 2026 |
| Arts Boost 5 - An Arts in Health Programme for Young People | Small World Theatre, Span Arts, PeopleSpeakUp | — | 12 May 2026 |
| CricViz Licensed Data | CricViz Ltd | £527k | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Broadcast Lighting Services Framework | Sunbelt Rentals Limited, 4Wall Entertainment UK Ltd, ELP Broadcast Lighting and 10 more | £18m | 10 Mar 2026 |