Engineering Framework
British Business Bank · Central government
In brief
British Business Bank was looking for suppliers for IT and software work. Bidding has closed and no award has been published yet.
It is a framework worth up to £24,500,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.
The contract runs for 4 years, starting 14 September 2026.
It is split into 6 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
What the notice says
This notice continues on from the: Qualifying Planned Procurement Notice (Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068860) allowing BBB to reduce the timescales for this exercise. Pre Market Engagement Notice (Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068750) The Bank intends to establish a multi-year, multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of engineering services. As part of its ongoing technology transformation, including the expansion of its digital estate, the Bank requires timely and flexible access to specialist external resource across a range of technology, design and delivery disciplines. The framework is structured into a number of Lots and will establish a…Read the full description
Lots
| Lot | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|
| – Software Engineering and Application Design 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot provides access to suppliers with specialist capabilities in software engineering, applications design and modern digital delivery. It enables the Buyer to design, build, modernise and support high-quality digital products and services aligned to user needs, organisational strategy and secure engineering standards. | IT services and software | £4,600,000 |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) suppliers - AI, Automation, and Intelligent Systems Design 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot provides access to suppliers with specialist capabilities in AI, automation and intelligent systems design. It enables the Buyer to rethink and transform how they use people, data, technology and processes through the safe, ethical and effective adoption of AI | IT services and software | £3,000,000 |
| Service Design 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot enables rapid procurement of expert service design capability. It supports the Buyer to redesign or create services that are user-centred, accessible, efficient and operationally sustainable, ensuring end-to-end alignment between people, processes, policy and technology. Suppliers under this Lot can provide individual designers, multidisciplinary teams or full end-to-end service redesign capability. Specialists may embed within agile delivery teams or support discovery, alpha, beta and live phases to ensure services are usable, accessible, efficient and sustainable. | IT services and software | £4,000,000 |
| DevOps – Platform Engineering 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot enables rapid procurement of expert DevOps and platform engineering capabilities. It supports the Buyer to modernise infrastructure, enhance service reliability, adopt cloud-native delivery models and accelerate secure, automated delivery of digital services. | IT services and software | £3,100,000 |
| Product Design and User Interface Design 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot enables rapid procurement of specialist Product Design and UI/UX expertise to create high quality, accessible, and production ready digital interfaces. It ensures the Buyer can access designers who translate user needs and service requirements into intuitive, visually consistent and scalable digital products, supported by robust design systems, interaction patterns and developer ready assets. By providing access to end-to-end UI/UX capability across all delivery phases, this Lot helps teams build modern digital products that meet usability and accessibility standards, reduce friction for users and accelerate efficient front-end development. | IT services and software | £3,000,000 |
| Digital Services and Website Estate (Digital Experience Platform Support) 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030 What this lot coversThis Lot relates exclusively to the British Business Bank’s external website estate and associated marketing digital platforms. The appointed supplier will act as a single strategic partner to the Marketing function, responsible for the end-to-end delivery, support, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s public-facing website(s), currently hosted on the Acquia Drupal platform. | IT services and software | £6,800,000 |
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 036071-2026
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 057477-2026
About the buyer
Procurements
49Awards
33Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- Barnett Waddingham LLP1 contract
- Caci Limited1 contract
- Dealroom.co B.V.1 contract
- Decision Focus1 contract
- Diligent Boardbooks Limited1 contract
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From notice 036071-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 21 April 2026, last updated 18 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.