Digital Engineering Augmentation

Tender description

The BBC requires a partner to deliver augmented engineering capacity as follows; Lot 1 - an onshore partner to provide individuals to augment BBC teams in BBC locations in the UK. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; software engineers, test engineers, architects, and dev ops specialists. Lot 2 - a nearshore partner ( +- 2 timezones GMT) to provide full agile development teams* to support work package based delivery. The roles required will include, but are not limited to; team leads, software engineers, test engineers, and dev ops specialists. *e.g. 1 technical team lead 4 developers and 2 testers. The requirement is to be procured by means of a Framework Agreement divided into up to 2 Lots. BBC intends to appoint 1 supplier to the Framework to each lot. The Framework Agreement for each Lot will have a term of 3 years commencing in November 2023 and ending in November 2026. The Agreement for each Lot may be extended at the BBC's discretion by up to 2 successive 12 month periods. Spend is estimated to be up to £32.5m for Lot 1 and up to £42.5m for Lot 2 with a total maximum estimated spend over the 5 year term for both Lots of £75m. Contract Start/end dates: Lot 1: Initial term running from 02/01/2024 - 01/01/2027 plus two additional optional 12 month extension periods Lot 2: Initial term running from 05/02/2024 - 04/02/2027 plus two additional optional 12 month extension periods