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Friday 8th February 2013
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updated 3.30pm, Tuesday 26th May 2020
8 February 2013
The contract, which was first advertised last September last year via an OJEU notice, will include buildings such as New Broadcasting House in London, MediaCity UK in Salford and Pacific Quay in Glasgow. The BBC says it has opted for a two-stage competitive dialogue route "as we believe this will produce best value for money to our buildings and ultimately to the license fee payer".
The first dialogue stage ends in April, after which a second dialogue stage and final tenders will take place.
The selection process begins with a 'bidder's conference', to be held this coming Wednesday, February 13th at MediaCity UK in Salford. The participating contractors through to the first stage of dialogue are Babcock Group, Balfour Beatty, Interserve, JCI, Mitie, and Sodexo.
Lucy Dawson, project director, commented: "This is a fantastic opportunity for us to take the BBC into the next generation of outsourcing. A chance for us to reflect the BBC's new operating model and promote flexible and new ways of working across the estate to enable creativity and encourage collaboration whilst achieving value for money to the license fee."
The BBC has announced the six organisations that have been selected to bid for what the broadcaster calls "one of the biggest and most prestigious total facilities management contract opportunities in Europe."
The contract, which was first advertised last September last year via an OJEU notice, will include buildings such as New Broadcasting House in London, MediaCity UK in Salford and Pacific Quay in Glasgow. The BBC says it has opted for a two-stage competitive dialogue route "as we believe this will produce best value for money to our buildings and ultimately to the license fee payer".
The first dialogue stage ends in April, after which a second dialogue stage and final tenders will take place.
The selection process begins with a 'bidder's conference', to be held this coming Wednesday, February 13th at MediaCity UK in Salford. The participating contractors through to the first stage of dialogue are Babcock Group, Balfour Beatty, Interserve, JCI, Mitie, and Sodexo.
Lucy Dawson, project director, commented: "This is a fantastic opportunity for us to take the BBC into the next generation of outsourcing. A chance for us to reflect the BBC's new operating model and promote flexible and new ways of working across the estate to enable creativity and encourage collaboration whilst achieving value for money to the license fee."
