Provision of Finance, Accounting, and Payroll BPO Services to the BBC

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The British Broadcasting Corporation awarded a contract to IBM United Kingdom Ltd.

for Finance, Accounting, payroll, and associated technology services.

The requirement was divided into three lots: Lot 1 covered a fully managed service for Finance & Accounting BPO services for BBC and BBC WW, plus application and infrastructure management services for BBC; Lot 2 covered a fully managed service for Payroll services, including payroll solution and payroll accounting services for BBC and BBC WW; Lot 3 covered a fully managed service combining all services from Lots 1 and 2.

The contract term was 5 years (60 months), commencing on 1st November 2016, with an optional extension of up to 2 years at the BBC's discretion.

The contract was signed in early March 2016 to allow for an approximately 8-month transition period.

The procurement was run using the Competitive Dialogue procedure.