Published date: 24 August 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Audio-visual equipment - 32321200

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£500,000 to £2,000,000

Procurement reference

ESD00000104

Published date

24 August 2018

Closing date

15 February 2018

Contract start date

29 May 2018

Contract end date

28 May 2021

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?

No


Description

Birkbeck, University of London is looking to award a single provider framework agreement for CAVE Equipment and Software - Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance Services, including Motion Capture facilities. The Toddlerlab will provide a world-first ground breaking facility for the study of toddlers with autism and other developmental conditions. The facility has funding in place by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation. The research will provide large-scale studies into understanding the different ways a toddler's brain processes stimuli. This will be created in a series of true-to-life environments to allow for as natural a social interaction to take place as possible. The Toddlerlab facility will expand on Birkbeck's Department of Psychological Sciences current research by focusing on the first four years of a child's life, which is currently a black hole in the study of development because of the difficulty in studying this age group. True-to-life environments are to be created in the new facility such as home environments, pre-school, sleep laboratories and a 'CAVE' laboratory, where AV equipment can create an interactive immersive environment of virtual indoor or outdoor scenarios. The Toddlerlab will take on board the latest technologies to digitally track eye gaze, movement and brain function. This procurement is for a single Service Provider framework for CAVE Equipment and Software - Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance Services to BIRKBECK, in particular for the Toddlerlab CAVE facility, providing the option for call-offs in respect of the Toddlerlab CAVE and other requirements such as content development and compatible Motion Capture systems for other areas of the Toddlerlab, or wider facilities across Birkbeck should they arise during the lifetime of the framework. The client for this framework is BIRKBECK. See www.birkbeck.ac.uk for further information about BIRKBECK. Bidders must be able to demonstrate previous experience in the design, supply, installation and maintenance of CAVEs, either directly or via their named supply chains.


Award information

Awarded date

28 May 2018

Contract start date

29 May 2018

Contract end date

28 May 2021

Total value of contract

£500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Mechdyne Europe Ltd

Address

11 Merus Court,
Meridian Business Park,
Leicester L19 1RJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Karim Meghani

Address

Malet Street
LONDON
WC1E7HX
England

Telephone

0207 380 3184

Email

k.meghani@bbk.ac.uk