Stale Pre-tender

Engineering Framework

Details

Value
£24,500,000
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
21 April 2026
Submission
4 May 2026

Tender description

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 panel of pre-qualified suppliers capable of delivering services across, but not limited to, the following areas: Lot 1: Software Engineering and Applications Design Lot 2: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Suppliers - AI, Automation and Intelligent Systems Design Lot 3: Service Design Lot 4: DevOps – Platform Engineering Lot 5: Product Design and User Interface Design Lot 6: Digital Services and Web Product Development The framework is intended to provide the Bank with a compliant and efficient route to market for the call-off of services, enabling: Rapid access to appropriately skilled resources Supplementation of internal capacity and capability Mitigation of delivery and programme risk Acceleration of delivery across priority initiatives The framework will also support the development of a diverse, scalable and resilient supplier base, capable of supporting both short-term delivery requirements and longer-term strategic transformation objectives. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Sheffield:-Information-technology-services./7Y34D8JA7V To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7Y34D8JA7V

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published21 April 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

British Business Bank is a government-owned economic development bank and non-departmental public body, wholly owned by the Department for Business and Trade. A supplier management policy sets out how the Bank runs its contracts. Procurement follows the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service. Public sector frameworks let suppliers win call-off contracts through mini-competitions. A contracts register, updated every six months, lists what the Bank has awarded. Monthly spend above a set threshold is published for transparency. Suppliers can also read the Bank's guide to public sector tendering.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of British Business Bank's contract awards have been in business services, financial and insurance services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 72211000 · Programming services of systems and user software
  • 72212100 · Industry specific software development services
  • 72212482 · Business intelligence software development services
  • 72222300 · Information technology services
  • 72260000 · Software-related services
  • 72261000 · Software support services
  • 72262000 · Software development services
  • 72266000 · Software consultancy services

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