Published date: 31 January 2018

This notice was replaced on 23 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 March 2018)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Data-processing machines (hardware) - 30210000

  • Hardware - 44316400

  • Hardware installation services - 51611100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £75,000

Procurement reference

STFC IT17510 Video Conferencing MCU Replacement

Published date

31 January 2018

Closing date

14 February 2018

Contract start date

2 March 2018

Contract end date

2 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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 final date and time for submission of bids is 14/02/2018 @ 16:00hrs. Do not apply directly to the buyer, bids are to be submitted through the CCS e-sourcing suite****

STFC have a requirement for the supply of a Video-Conferencing Bridging and Interoperability capability that will:
• Replace 4 existing virtual video-conferencing rooms,
• Allow interworking between all common desktop and video-conferencing clients,
• Provide a structured capability for adding connectivity for new types of desktop and video-conferencing client in the future, and
• Provide a secure, reliable, and enduring platform.

This Bridging and Interoperability capability will replace the existing single physical basic Cisco MCU (Multi-point Control Unit) Bridge with resilient virtual device(s) within STFC Digital Solution's Hyper-V (Microsoft) virtual environment.

An initial base capacity of 20 video-conferencing ports ports and appropriate Virtual Meeting Rooms (VMR's) for 3 years is required.

This contract will have the option to extend for a further 2 x 1 year periods, the total contract value including possible extension shall not exceed £125,000.00 excluding VAT.

Note : Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control

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Do not apply directly to the buyer, bids are to be submitted through the CCS e-sourcing suite

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About the buyer

Contact name

ICT Procurement

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

ICTProcurement@uksbs.co.uk