Local News Partnerships - Applications

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

4fd19a51-f674-4700-8154-250c2cb26377-195377

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79620000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The BBC has developed proposals with the local news industry to improve the provision of local journalism. The partnership proposals include: - the Local Democracy Reporting Service: recruitment of 150 new journalists, employed by local news providers, to report on local institutions and public service issues. - News Hub: syndication of BBC local audio and video content for use by local and regional new organisations across the UK This tender was conducted to select Section One partners to receive free content generated through these proposals and Section Two partners who will receive the same content and also employ one or more of the Local Democracy Reporters to report on top-tier local authorities, including county councils, unitary authorities and metropolitan boroughs in the UK.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Award notice observed

   1 Feb 2018

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   4fd19a51-f674-4700-8154-250c2cb26377-195377

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Local News Partnerships - Applications

  Buyer: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Supplier: Archant Community Media Limited

  End date in notice

  22 Nov 2020

  Value shown in notice

  £9,946,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-344a8f9f-2945-49a1-bcad-9239367f8769-1

• Local News Partnerships - Applications

  Buyer: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Supplier: Citizen News and Media Limited

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