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  • BBC’s re-tendering process for its outsourced financial services enters next phase

    BBC’s re-tendering process for its outsourced financial services enters next phase

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has launched the next phase in the re-tendering process for its outsourced financial services. The process began in December 2005 with the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

    It has attracted a wide interest from service providers. Seven organisations are being taken through to the next round, all of whom have demonstrated a strong desire and credibility to be potential suppliers for the BBC’s outsourced financial services.

    The successful companies are ACS, Capita, EDS, Genpact, IBM, Progeon and Xansa. BBC’s director of finance Zarin Patel said, “I am delighted that we have had such a positive response from bidders. We can now go through to the next stage of the evaluation process with confidence that we have a strong field to choose from.”

    The seven bidders will proceed to the next stage of the process, and a short list will be published later this year. Final negotiations will then take place, and it is expected that the final winner will be announced in autumn 2006. The new contract is due to start in July 2007.

    The re-tendering of the financial outsourcing deal is expected to deliver significant savings to the BBC as part of a strategy to put extra resources into programmes and transform the organisation into a simpler and more creative digital broadcaster. No BBC staff posts are currently within the defined services being procured.

    The financial services being re-tendered were originally outsourced in 1997 to Medas as part of a ten year contract which will end in June 2007. Services currently provided by Medas include payments to external suppliers, artists, contributors, staff payroll, expenses processes and the management and maintenance of related financial systems.

  • BBC looks to outsource HR contracts

    MUMBAI: UK broadcaster The BBC has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). This is the first step in the process to find a new supplier or suppliers for parts of its HR services.     

    This procurement process follows the announcement last December of the findings of an internal BBC review which proposed that a number of services should be outsourced. This was one of the measures identified to help provide extra resources to reinvest into programmes, and part of the BBC’s radical plans to transform the organisation into a simpler, more agile and creative digital broadcaster.

    BBC People director Stephen Dando said, “This is a progressive step for us. I am confident that we will be able to find a long-term partner that can not only help us continue to deliver outstanding quality of service back to the BBC, but also help us to develop and improve that service. I want to make it clear that staff issues and achieving the right cultural fit will be an important part of this deal.”

    The BBC is now looking for a supplier or suppliers to several functions. one of these is recruitment. This involves a full recruitment process including attracting and selecting candidates, offers, recruitment marketing (including events and work experience) and contract administration. Another area that an HR service provider will look at is remuneration. This will include pay administration and transaction, benefits administration (excluding pensions), pay and benefits enquiry management.

    Then there is the Development area – specifically a 360 degree assessment and feedback, outplacement, training and development for broadcast engineering skills, technical services support. HR administration services will involve HR process administration, provision of HR information, guidance on HR processes and routing of other enquiries.

    The BBC sattes that it prefers to award one contract for all of the services. However the BBC will award more than one contract where it is deemed commercially advantageous to do so, or where this is necessary to achieve the required service standards. Potential bidders have 36 days to reply and the pubcaster will then conduct a rigorous evaluation process in order to compile a shortlist of bidders.