← Back to opportunities

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Buyer Address: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UKI32, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom

Contact Email: no_reply@bbc.co.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
2300000.0 GBP
Published
24 Nov 2025, 13:48
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
11 Jan 2027, 00:00
Contract End
10 Jan 2030, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72222300 - Information technology services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
HCL Technologies UK Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The requirement for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service sits within the BBC Technology and Media Operations group, and specifically the Digital Distribution team. * Digital Distribution has had a Network DDoS Protection service in place since 2016 to protect the BBC’s Internet Network. The purpose of this is to provide a malicious traffic ‘scrubbing’ facility in the event of a volumetric packet-based or protocol-based traffic attack targeting the services on the network and exhausting circuit or server capacity. It forms part of a suite of protection services and techniques required to continually protect the BBC’s Internet edge from attack. * The BBC’s Internet Network carries all the BBC's audience facing traffic and CDN origin traffic. Additionally, it provides transit for the corporate network. The availability of this network and services delivered across it are crucial in maintaining the BBC’s online presence for critical services such as www.bbc.co.uk and BBC iPlayer. * The current DDoS protection service has been provided by the incumbent supplier since 2019. The BBC is now entering a tender process to procure this service from December 2025 and ensure continued network DDoS protection.

Linked Documents

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Service

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "awards": [
    {
      "aboveThreshold": true,
      "assessmentSummariesDateSent": "2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00",
      "contractPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2030-01-10T23:59:59+00:00",
        "maxExtentDate": "2032-01-10T23:59:59+00:00",
        "startDate": "2027-01-11T00:00:00+00:00"
      },
      "date": "2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00",
      "documents": [
        {
          "datePublished": "2025-11-24T13:48:10Z",
          "description": "Contract award notice on Find a Tender",
          "documentType": "awardNotice",
          "format": "text/html",
          "id": "076485-2025",
          "noticeType": "UK6",
          "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076485-2025"
        }
      ],
      "hasRenewal": true,
      "id": "1",
      "items": [
        {
          "additionalClassifications": [
            {
              "description": "Information technology services",
              "id": "72222300",
              "scheme": "CPV"
            },
            {
              "description": "Data network management and support services",
              "id": "72315000",
              "scheme": "CPV"
            }
          ],
          "deliveryAddresses": [
            {
              "country": "GB",
              "countryName": "United Kingdom",
              "region": "UK"
            }
          ],
          "id": "1",
          "relatedLot": "1"
        }
      ],
      "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "dueDate": "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00",
          "id": "1",
          "status": "scheduled",
          "type": "futureSignatureDate"
        }
      ],
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "renewal": {
        "description": "One 24 month extension."
      },
      "standstillPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
      },
      "status": "pending",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-PPON-PXVG-2513-YLNL",
          "name": "HCL Technologies UK Limited"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Service",
      "value": {
        "amount": 2300000,
        "amountGross": 2760000,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "bids": {
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "measure": "bids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 12
      },
      {
        "id": "2",
        "measure": "finalStageBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 3
      },
      {
        "id": "3",
        "measure": "smeFinalStageBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0
      },
      {
        "id": "4",
        "measure": "vcseFinalStageBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0
      }
    ]
  },
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PJRB-3233-GTQL",
    "name": "BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)"
  },
  "date": "2025-11-24T13:48:10Z",
  "id": "076485-2025",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-052808",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "W1A 1AA",
        "region": "UKI32",
        "streetAddress": "Broadcasting House, Portland Place"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "no_reply@bbc.co.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government",
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE"
          }
        ],
        "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/"
      },
      "id": "GB-PPON-PJRB-3233-GTQL",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PJRB-3233-GTQL",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "name": "BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Egham",
        "postalCode": "TW20 9QB",
        "region": "UKJ25",
        "streetAddress": "Church Road"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "ccsframeworks@hcl.com"
      },
      "details": {
        "publicServiceMissionOrganization": false,
        "scale": "large",
        "shelteredWorkshop": false,
        "url": "http://www.hcltech.com",
        "vcse": false
      },
      "id": "GB-PPON-PXVG-2513-YLNL",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PXVG-2513-YLNL",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "name": "HCL Technologies UK Limited",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "description": "The requirement for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service sits within the BBC Technology and Media Operations group, and specifically the Digital Distribution team.\n*\nDigital Distribution has had a Network DDoS Protection service in place since 2016 to protect the BBC\u2019s Internet Network. The purpose of this is to provide a malicious traffic \u2018scrubbing\u2019 facility in the event of a volumetric packet-based or protocol-based traffic attack targeting the services on the network and exhausting circuit or server capacity.  It forms part of a suite of protection services and techniques required to continually protect the BBC\u2019s Internet edge from attack.\n*\nThe BBC\u2019s Internet Network carries all the BBC\u0027s audience facing traffic and CDN origin traffic.  Additionally, it provides transit for the corporate network. The availability of this network and services delivered across it are crucial in maintaining the BBC\u2019s online presence for critical services such as www.bbc.co.uk and BBC iPlayer.\n*\nThe current DDoS protection service has been provided by the incumbent supplier since 2019.  The BBC is now entering a tender process to procure this service from December 2025 and ensure continued network DDoS protection.",
    "id": "PROC/2024/72",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    ],
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service"
  }
}