Buyer Name: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Buyer Address: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UK, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
Contact Email: joseph.thompson@bbc.co.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 1234567890
Local Democracy Reporting Service - 2025 Supplier Applications
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
open
open
Value
1.0 GBP
1.0 GBP
Published
07 May 2025, 09:27
07 May 2025, 09:27
Deadline
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Contract End
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Category
services
services
CPV
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Region
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Awarded To
Brighton and Hove News Ltd, DC Thomson & Co Ltd, Iliffe Media Group, National World Publishing Ltd, Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Reach Shared Services Ltd, Social Spider CiC, Tindle Newspapers Ltd, Baylis Community Media CiC, Caerphilly Media Ltd, Highland News and Media Ltd, Radio Manx Ltd, Newbury News & Media Ltd, Shetland News Online Ltd, The University of Northampton Enterprises Ltd
Brighton and Hove News Ltd, DC Thomson & Co Ltd, Iliffe Media Group, National World Publishing Ltd, Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Reach Shared Services Ltd, Social Spider CiC, Tindle Newspapers Ltd, Baylis Community Media CiC, Caerphilly Media Ltd, Highland News and Media Ltd, Radio Manx Ltd, Newbury News & Media Ltd, Shetland News Online Ltd, The University of Northampton Enterprises Ltd
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Description
A key component of the BBC’s public purpose mission is to ensure that audiences can engage fully with major local issues, essential to democracy, keeping audiences informed and holding local authority to account. The BBC works with the local news industry to improve the provision of local journalism and has now completed a competitive procurement for the reselection of 'Suppliers' for the Local Democracy Reporting Service across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, to deliver the recruitment of 165 journalists, employed by local news providers, across 118 Contract Areas. This notice outlines the results of the tender process for the 2025 Supplier Applications following the tender which commenced in December 2024. In regards to total value of the contracts awarded, the level of funding the BBC provides in relation to each Local Democracy Reporter (LDR) (as stated in the ITT) is £40,790 per LDR (non-London) and £43,190 per LDR (London) per annum with a 2% inflationary increase per annum in year 2 onwards. The breakdown of the 165 LDRs allocated across each contract area was stated in the tender documents.
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot Title: Local Democracy Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
Lot Description: Local Democracy Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
Lot 1 to 118 Status: cancelled
Lot 1 to 118 Has Options: Yes
Lot 1 to 118 Options: The initial contract term will run for a period of 30 months. Contracts may be extended for up to an additional 30 months to 30th June 2030.
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Delivery
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Holding Power to Account
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Relationships
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Audience and Engagemnet
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Multimedia Content
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Diversity
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (quality): Sustainability
Lot 1 to 118 Award Criterion (cost): Cost
Contracts
Contract Title: Local Democracy Reporting Services 2025 Supplier Applications
Contract Title: Local Democracry Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
Contract Title: Local Democracy Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
Awards
Award Title: Local Democracy Reporting Services 2025 Supplier Applications
Award Title: Local Democracry Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
Award Title: Local Democracy Reporting Service 2025 Supplier Applications
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