Engineering Framework

A Tender Notice
by BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
£24M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
18 Jun 2026
Delivery
14 Sep 2026 to 13 Sep 2030
Deadline
01 Jul 2026 11:00

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Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

This notice continues on from the: Qualifying Planned Procurement Notice (Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068860) allowing BBB to reduce the timescales for this exercise. Pre Market Engagement Notice (Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068750) The Bank intends to establish a multi-year, multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of engineering services. As part of its ongoing technology transformation, including the expansion of its digital estate, the Bank requires timely and flexible access to specialist external resource across a range of technology, design and delivery disciplines. The framework is structured into a number of Lots and will establish a panel of pre-qualified suppliers capable of delivering services across, but not limited to, the following areas: Lot 1: Software Engineering and Applications Design Lot 2: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Suppliers - AI, Automation and Intelligent Systems Design Lot 3: Service Design Lot 4: DevOps – Platform Engineering Lot 5: Product Design and User Interface Design Lot 6: Digital Services and Web Product Development The framework is intended to provide the Bank with a compliant and efficient route to market for the call-off of services, enabling: Rapid access to appropriately skilled resources Supplementation of internal capacity and capability Mitigation of delivery and programme risk Acceleration of delivery across priority initiatives

Lot Division

1 – Software Engineering and Application Design
  • Value: £5M

This Lot provides access to suppliers with specialist capabilities in software engineering, applications design and modern digital delivery. It enables the Buyer to design, build, modernise and support high-quality digital products and services aligned to user needs, organisational strategy and secure engineering standards.

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2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) suppliers - AI, Automation, and Intelligent Systems Design
  • Value: £3M

This Lot provides access to suppliers with specialist capabilities in AI, automation and intelligent systems design. It enables the Buyer to rethink and transform how they use people, data, technology and processes through the safe, ethical and effective adoption of AI

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3 Service Design
  • Value: £4M

This Lot enables rapid procurement of expert service design capability. It supports the Buyer to redesign or create services that are user-centred, accessible, efficient and operationally sustainable, ensuring end-to-end alignment between people, processes, policy and technology. Suppliers under this Lot can provide individual designers, multidisciplinary teams or full end-to-end service redesign capability. Specialists may embed within agile delivery teams or support discovery, alpha, beta and live phases to ensure services are usable, accessible, efficient and sustainable.

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4 DevOps – Platform Engineering
  • Value: £3M

This Lot enables rapid procurement of expert DevOps and platform engineering capabilities. It supports the Buyer to modernise infrastructure, enhance service reliability, adopt cloud-native delivery models and accelerate secure, automated delivery of digital services.

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5 Product Design and User Interface Design
  • Value: £3M

This Lot enables rapid procurement of specialist Product Design and UI/UX expertise to create high quality, accessible, and production ready digital interfaces. It ensures the Buyer can access designers who translate user needs and service requirements into intuitive, visually consistent and scalable digital products, supported by robust design systems, interaction patterns and developer ready assets. By providing access to end-to-end UI/UX capability across all delivery phases, this Lot helps teams build modern digital products that meet usability and accessibility standards, reduce friction for users and accelerate efficient front-end development.

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6 Digital Services and Website Estate (Digital Experience Platform Support)
  • Value: £7M

This Lot relates exclusively to the British Business Bank’s external website estate and associated marketing digital platforms. The appointed supplier will act as a single strategic partner to the Marketing function, responsible for the end-to-end delivery, support, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s public-facing website(s), currently hosted on the Acquia Drupal platform.

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CPV Codes

  • 72222300 - Information technology services
  • 72260000 - Software-related services
  • 72261000 - Software support services
  • 72262000 - Software development services

Other Information

The framework will also support the development of a diverse, scalable and resilient supplier base, capable of supporting both short-term delivery requirements and longer-term strategic transformation objectives. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Sheffield:-Information-technology-... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7Y34D8JA7V ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

Reference

  • ocds-h6vhtk-068750
  • FTS 057477-2026

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