Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Baylis Community Media CiC, Brighton and Hove News Ltd, Caerphilly Media Ltd, DC Thomson & Co Ltd, Highland News & Media Ltd, Iliffe Media Group, National World Publishing Ltd, Newbury News & Media Ltd, Newsquest Media Group Limited SME, Radio Manx Ltd, Reach Shared Services Ltd, Shetland News Online Ltd +3 more
- Value
- £32,500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2025
- Published7 May 2025Published 30 days after the contract date
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 is now announcing the result of the 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 …
About the suppliers
Baylis Community Media CiC: every public contract they have won.
Brighton and Hove News Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Caerphilly Media Ltd: every public contract they have won.
DC Thomson & Co Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Highland News & Media Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Iliffe Media Group: every public contract they have won.
National World Publishing Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Newbury News & Media Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Newsquest Media Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01676637).
Radio Manx Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Reach Shared Services Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Shetland News Online Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Social Spider CiC: every public contract they have won.
Tindle Newspapers Ltd: every public contract they have won.
University of Northampton Enterprises Ltd: every public contract they have won.