Published date: 4 August 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 September 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 32000000

  • Transmission apparatus for radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting and television - 32200000

  • Broadcasting equipment - 32210000

    • Television and radio broadcast transmission services - 64228000

    • Television broadcast transmission services - 64228100

    • Television services - 92220000

    • Interactive television - 92225000

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Value of contract

£2,000,000 to £7,500,000

Procurement reference

GSV2051

Published date

4 August 2020

Closing date

11 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

9 November 2020

Contract end date

8 November 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority is looking for a supplier to provide live subtitling coverage of parliamentary proceedings. The Authority has subtitled a number of live events and habitually subtitles video on demand clips which are uploaded to social media platforms. The Authority wishes to begin subtitling of some video content published on parliamentlive.tv and ultimately to distribute the subtitles to third parties.

More information

Links

Additional text

The ITT documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference GSV2051 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12.00 noon UK time on 11 September 2020. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Parliamentary Procurement & Commercial Service

Address

Westminster
London
London
SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02072191600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk