Published date: 7 May 2024

Last edited date: 13 June 2024

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 July 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Video-conferencing equipment - 32232000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£510,000

Procurement reference

tender_435307/1351091

Published date

7 May 2024

Approach to market date

1 July 2024

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2029

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

****UPDATE****

INVITATION TO A PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT CALL

Further to the details contained in this Prior Information Notice, the SBAA and UK Strategic Command Commercial are pleased to invite interested potential tenderers to a pre-market engagement call.

Event details
- Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Time: 2.45 pm EET (12.45 pm GMT)
- Duration: 1hr 45 min
- Platform: Microsoft Teams

The call will provide an overview of the project requirements and objectives and will offer a forum for potential suppliers to ask questions and provide feedback on the proposed procurement process.      

Agenda:
- Introduction
- Overview of the SBA Administration and Courts
- Overview of the requirement
- Project management requirements
- Technical requirements
- User training and support services
- Commercial overview

How to register:
Please confirm your attendance by email to UKStratCom-Comrcl-BFC@mod.gov.uk
Please include in your email, the following details for each person attending the call:
- Name
- Contact email
- Position and title
- The registered company name
- Company web page URL

The above information will provide the necessary details to add you to the call and supply some ancillary information that will help us to understand the background of the companies interested in fulfilling the requirements.

If you have any enquiries about the call, please contact UKStratCom-Comrcl-BFC@mod.gov.uk

Many thank

Kind regards,

Sam Hunt
Commercial Officer


*****ORIGINAL NOTICE*****

This notice has been published to alert the market to an upcoming competitive tender, that British Forces Cyprus intend to launch in July 2024.

The Sovereign Base Area Administration are seeking a 3rd party contractor to install a new video-teleconferencing and court recording system into the UK Sovereign Base Area (SBA) judicial courts on the island of Cyprus.

The successful contractor will provide a solution that includes:
- installation of new hardware (cameras, microphones, speakers, screens)
- software to support:
a) a live-link facility to link all 4 court areas in Dhekelia (court room and sensitive suite) and Episkopi (court room and sensitive suite) and remote access via the internet
b) cloud storage of recorded court proceedings
- Initial user-training
- ongoing maintenance and support

The new solution must be operational by 31 March 2025 at the latest and the intended award is October 2024 in order to allow sufficient time for implementation of the new solution.


About the buyer

Contact name

Samuel Hunt

Address

UK Strategic Command - Commercial Branch, C-Block HQ British Forces Cyprus, Episkopi Station BFPO 53
Episkopi
BF1 2AS
England

Email

samuel.hunt129@mod.gov.uk

Website

https://www.contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html