Published date: 11 October 2023

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: 20 October 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Television and radio receivers, and sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus - 32300000

  • Photographic equipment - 38650000

Location of contract

MK19 7BH

Value of contract

£25,000

Procurement reference

XLY120/137/23AC

Published date

11 October 2023

Closing date

20 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

1 December 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority is looking to purchase the following equipment:

1 no. portable system that uses microphones to provide real-time high resolution imaging with 64 microphones and a sampling rate of 200 kHz with beamforming from 800 Hz and beamforming up to 60 kHz, a complete carrying case and memory up to 512 GB.

1 no. portable system that uses microphones to provide real-time high resolution imaging with 72 microphones and a sampling rate of 200 kHz with beamforming from 2 Hz and beamforming up to 100 kHz.

Applicable software that can be used to capture the data stream provided by the devices that can be transferred to another computing to utilize additional processing algorithms to analyse the collected data.

Interested parties should provide:
- a firm, fixed quote, valid for 60 days. Any currency variation should be clearly indicated.
- a signed, completed copy of the Form of Agreement (provided as an attachment to this notice)
- a signed copy of the Ethics Statement (provided as an attachment to this notice)
- any technical literature to support their bid
Bidders MUST accept our Terms and Conditions (a copy of which is attached to this notice for information)
Bidders should also provide their bank details on letter headed paper.

A copy of the evaluation model is attached. The winning bidder will be the lowest bid that meets the technical specification with an acceptable leadtime and has provided all the documents requested in this notice.

Bidders should provide all the information asked for by email to the contact details provided for in this notice and by the deadline shown.

More information

Attachments

  • FORM_OF_AGREEMENT.docx
  • Bidding documents
  • To be completed by the supplier (fill in yellow highlighted areas), sign and return.

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Cable

Address

1 St Floor Building 71
Hanslope Park
MILTON KEYNES
MK197BH
England

Email

andrew.cable@fcdo.gov.uk

Website

www.fcdoservices.gov.uk