Quick answer — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Last refreshed 09 Jun 2026

At a glance

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has awarded £7.6bn across 459 suppliers, with 506 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 13% · 124 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£5.4m) · SME share 42% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration13%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share42%
Pipeline · open now124
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 617 published notices and 523 awards on PublicSupply.

617
Notices published
523
Awards
459
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£623.8m
12 m spend
£756.2m
Prior 12 m
-18%
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£136m£272m£408m£545mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

50

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

124

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£5.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services229 · £2.9bn
Unspecified352 · £2.6bn
goods34 · £136.8m
works2 · £24.0m

Instrument type

contract502 · £3.4bn
call off115 · £2.3bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 321Find a Tender: 296

Awarded contracts · 506 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
BBC Catering ServicesBaxterstorey Limited£4.3m09 Jun 2026active
Domain Name Service (DNS) SolutionIBM United Kingdom Limited£1.1m29 May 2026active
Domain Name Service (DNS) SolutionIBM United Kingdom Limited£1.1mpending
Audience Interactive Social Media ToolkitBionics Corporation Ltd (Trading as Broadcast Bioncs)£2.6mest.active
BBC SaaS Project Management ToolTMI SYSTEMS£650kest.active
Security Guarding ServicesMitie Security Limited79710000£150.0mest.active
Security Guarding ServicesThe Keyholding Company Limited79710000£150.0mest.active
Local Democracy Reporting Service Platform72000000£0est.planning
Local Democracy Reporting Service Platform72000000£0est.planning
Local Democracy Reporting Service Platform72000000£0est.planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
EG
2 contracts · 26 Sept
£960.0mest.
13% of total
▼ 100%
2
HM
2 contracts · 01 Jun19 Aug
£399.9mest.
5% of total
New
3
TC
4 contracts · 11 Apr28 Jun
£382.2mest.
5% of total
4
WU
2 contracts · 08 Dec
£327.0mest.
4% of total
5
NL
2 contracts · 01 Feb
£168.0mest.
2% of total
6
NB
2 contracts · 11 Nov
£165.8mest.
2% of total
▼ 100%
7
AB
1 contract · 30 Sept
£165.0m
2% of total
8
MS
£150.0mest.
2% of total
9459
···
451 other suppliers
long tail · 204 SMEs
£4.8bn
63% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
204 contracts
£3.2bn
31%
Other
144 contracts
£1.8bn
18%
Education, training
128 contracts
£1.8bn
18%
IT services, software
146 contracts
£1.8bn
18%
Installation services
30 contracts
£667.5m
7%
Government administration
5 contracts
£340.0m
3%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
9 contracts
£273.3m
3%
Transport services
17 contracts
£250.3m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Other
2
300
38
10
22
3
239
1
4
Education, training
IT services, software
Installation services
Government administration
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 5 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 5 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

42%
SME supplier share
target 33%
304
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
459
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Email
jayne.kempen@bbc.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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