Published date: 25 February 2020

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: 27 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 32000000

  • Transmission apparatus for radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting and television - 32200000

  • Broadcasting equipment - 32210000

    • Television transmission apparatus without reception apparatus - 32220000

    • Data-transmission equipment - 32260000

    • Digital transmission apparatus - 32270000

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

    • Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproduction - 32330000

    • Software package and information systems - 48000000

    • Industry specific software package - 48100000

    • Communication and multimedia software package - 48500000

    • Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 48900000

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

GSV2060

Published date

25 February 2020

Closing date

27 March 2020

Contract start date

24 April 2020

Contract end date

24 April 2023

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

The Authority requires a complete solution to transcode and publish every public Parliamentary Proceeding online, within a video player.

The solution shall be complete and include all aspects summarised as;

Obtain signals presented by a third party supplier.

Transcoding of all signals into a multi-bitrate format suitable for internet distribution.

Hosting and distribution of live and archive video/audio using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http).

Production and hosting of thumbnails from live and recorded video.

Scalable and protected origin servers.

Managed Content Distribution Network.

Implementation and hosting of an embeddable cross platform video and audio player.

The successful tenderer shall provide all designs, equipment, connectivity, hosting, support and management for the duration of the contract, and shall meet the quality standards as specified by the Authority.

More information

Links

Additional text

The tender documents will be accessible at the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. To be able to access these documents you will need to select the above quoted tender in the "current tenders" list, click on the "view tender details" and express interest by clicking on the button provided. Afterwards, you will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have already registered with In-Tend previously, please follow the link shown, this will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password, please click on the forgotten password link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any third parties. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invitation to tender prior to the closing date. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Parliamentary Procurement & Commercial Service

Address

Westminster
London
London
SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02072191600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk