Published date: 5 June 2024
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.
Contract summary
Industry
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£450,000
Procurement reference
METOFC001-DN722818-48964210
Published date
5 June 2024
Closing date
17 July 2024
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
27 March 2025
Contract end date
26 March 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
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Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Met Office require a complete end-to-end solution for uploading, transcoding, managing, delivering, analysing and monetising video content (On-Line Video Platform) . It needs to be an easy to navigate UI to make the system accessible and easy to use for non-technical team members (Weather Desk for example upload content) but it also provides an extensive set of API's and SDK's that the Met Office development team use to integrate with various platforms such as the native apps.
The requirement requires knowledge of constantly developing new technologies and feature sets designed to overcome issues that constantly arise as a result of the ever-changing digital and technology landscape (networks, protocols, devices, browsers etc) which means that the Met Office can rely on the supplier for these things. We require customer service, 24 hours and quick fixes to video problems on the app and website, ensuring that the reputational risk is minimal to the Met Office, and we can fulfil our public task in communicating important weather information to the public.
Without a specialist Online Video Platform, we would be unable to serve our video content to the public or to key content partners.
This, in turn, would mean we would be unable to meet our PWS obligations to deliver presented and non-presented video to the public via our direct digital channels, e.g. web and app. The provision of these forecasts maintains the Met Office's authoritative voice and supports the UK public to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Mel Staton
Address
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
England
Telephone
+44 1392885279
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Closing: 17 July 2024, 5pm
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