Published date: 19 June 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: 6 July 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Video games - 37532000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP502230525

Published date

19 June 2020

Closing date

6 July 2020

Contract start date

3 August 2020

Contract end date

31 January 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This is ERDF funded. Cardboard Sword would like to commission contractors to create tools (engine plugins) that will be owned by Cardboard Sword and used across multiple projects, requiring less time and cost on these elements for following projects. Specifically, we need to embed capabilities which will speed up the following development processes:

Lot 1 . Artificial Intelligence tools to speed up the development associated with autonomous characters or functions (i.e. AI enables enemies to act based on player actions / helps other vehicles drive according to player actions)

Lot 2 Audio Sampler (Tool) - enable the delivery of soundtracks / sound effects / music associated with the games and audio technology and tools
The contractors do not need to respond to both parts and can specify either Lot 1 or Lot 2 in their response.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

Borough Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 3BX
UK

Telephone

01642218121

Email

tenders@tees.ac.uk