Published date: 23 December 2020

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Opportunity (published 23 December 2020, last edited 18 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

BS8 1TH

Value of contract

£4,700,000

Procurement reference

tender_240917/914715

Published date

23 December 2020

Closing date

25 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

31 March 2021

Contract end date

30 March 2024

Contract type

Not specified

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

The Reality Emulator is composed of four equipment sub systems, integrated through an integration, management and monitoring layer:
- Immersive Sub System: provides interactive multi-user virtual and augmented reality experiences.
- Data Sub System: ingests and outputs media and data feeds, performs batch and real-time data processing, supplies, and stores archived data.
- Compute Sub System: executes models of real-world phenomena on a mixture of CPU, GPU and programmable hardware.
- Network Sub System: a programmable substrate for communications within the RE on the University of Bristol sites and to and from remote hubs and mobile devices.

There will also be a Management and Monitoring and Integration Sub System & integration partner: the unified integration of all Sub Systems that constitute the Reality Emulator enabling a single 'pane of glass' for monitoring and managing the RE as a whole Service.

This advert covers the 5 tender opportunities which are available to Suppliers.

Please note Suppliers are required to sign a NDA prior to being transferred to the 5 tender events. Suppliers can access the NDA at the University of Bristol's E-Procurement portal at: https://tenders.bris.ac.uk/web/login.html

Estimated Values are as follows:
Immersive Sub System - £1.5m
Data Sub System - £337,500
Network System - £ 1.2m
Compute Sub System - £860,000
Management, Monitoring, and Integration Sub System - £800,000

More information

Links

Additional text

Suppliers should register at the University's portal to access the opportunity (Reality Emulator)

About the buyer

Contact name

Danielle Spencer

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Email

danielle.spencer@bristol.ac.uk