Published date: 22 July 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Location of contract
North East
Value of contract
£30,000
Procurement reference
NCL001-DN599831-33371508
Published date
22 July 2022
Closing date
14 March 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
14 April 2022
Contract end date
1 June 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Our vision is to solve the challenge of automatic sign language translation by using Artificial Intelligence (AI). We will do this by creating an AI platform that uses neural networks and deep learning to: Provide anonymization, consistency, and reliability to sign language interpretation • Generate sign language from text/voice. • Detect and understand sign language and translate to text/voice • Develop an interactive and dynamic product Our mission is to open the world for Deaf people, meaning Deaf people can communicate freely and easily with hearing people and provide access to information where none currently exists.
This will be far safer, quicker, and cheaper than the current provision, meeting the UK and the EU Governments' Green agenda. The initial brief of the executive will be to: Phase (1) Produce a viable 5-year business plan, finance strategy and pitch pack Phase (2) Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters Phase (3) Create an investment strategy and bring in the first £100k. Phase (4) Get 2 use cases up and running, with support from a freelance product manager. These will be either Network Rail, Lloyds bank, Finnish or Swiss broadcast companies or ASDA.
Award information
Awarded date
30 June 2022
Contract start date
5 July 2022
Contract end date
31 October 2022
Total value of contract
£30,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Ms Sally Chalk
Address
52 Glisson Rd
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB12HF
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Natalie Morton
Address
Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1912086396
Website
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