Published date: 9 December 2021

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: 19 January 2022, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

BS1 5DS

Value of contract

£3,800,000

Procurement reference

tender_240917/1021897

Published date

9 December 2021

Closing date

19 January 2022

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

21 October 2022

Contract end date

20 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The University of Bristol's Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI) is creating the Reality Emulator (RE): a unique coordinated physical and virtual environment providing the capability to study complex technical and sociotechnical systems at different scales, in different contexts, and at different stages. A key requirement of the RE is the use of diverse datasets generated in real-time, over time, historically and at scale, that can be emulated, integrated and synthetically scaled to provide conditions for prospective research on digital innovation and intervention.

The core functions connected with the RE are thus:
- Data collection, transfer/integration, processing, and storage
- Virtual Production Digital Model development/training and execution
- Interactive and immersive representation of model outputs and other data.

The Reality Emulator will provided by 2 supply partners - the Integrator and the Immersive.

This exercise is seeking to procure the Integrator supplier who will deliver the following platforms as part of their system:
- Management, Monitoring and Integration
- High Performance Network
- Software Defined Data Centre
- Data Services

The Immersive supplier will provide the immersive platform which will be procured at a later date via a separate competition.

This is a highly complex, unique and cutting edge opportunity; full details are available within the University's procurement portal.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Reality Emulator - Notification of Future Opportunity and Market Engagement Event

  • Early engagement
  • Published 8 July 2021

Additional text

This procurement exercise is seeking an Integrator provide a system as part of the Reality Emulator development.

Please note that prospective suppliers will need to sign an Non Disclosure Agreement for full access to all procurement documentation.

To access procurement documents and apply, suppliers must use the University e-procurement portal:

https://tenders.bris.ac.uk

Suppliers will be able to view the opportunity once registered.

About the buyer

Address

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

Email

ds14720@bristol.ac.uk