Training services

Tender description

The BBC has selected a number of suppliers to support the BBC in the provision of training and development of software development and delivery for its staff throughout the UK. The requirement has been procured by means of a Framework Agreement with a Call Off Procedure and split into 4 lots, with lot 1 further split into three discrete sub-lots: — Lot 1: Software development: —— sub-lot 1a: Programming languages, libraries and frameworks, —— sub-lot 1b: Cloud, virtualisation, distributed systems and containers, —— sub-lot 1c: Software engineering, — Lot 2: Agile software delivery, — Lot 3: Business analysis for software delivery, — Lot 4: Networking IP. The Framework Agreement will have an initial term of 2 years commencing on 1.3.2019 and ending on 28.2.2021. The Framework Agreement may be extended at the BBC's discretion by up to 2 years at 2 12 monthly periods. This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) programming languages (e.g. Scala, Ruby); (b) libraries and frameworks (e.g. React JS, Angular). This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) Cloud-based and virtual server development (e.g. AWS and GCP predominantly, but not necessarily exclusively). This sub-lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) design; (b) testing; (c) security; (d) data analytics. This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) Agile Project Management; (b) Scrum, Kanban, both at introductory and advanced levels; (c) lean delivery and development methodologies. This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) foundation courses for technology staff in both digital online development and broadcast engineering; (b) requirements engineering, stakeholder management, benefits management, modelling business process and release planning, etc., again relevant to technology staff in the B. This lot covers the provision of training in areas such as: (a) TCP/IP networking fundamentals and advanced; (b) specific networking for broadcasting (audio and video over IP); (c) basic and advanced levels.