Published date: 22 March 2018

This notice was replaced on 22 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 22 March 2018)

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

  • Audio-visual materials - 32321300

  • Multimedia equipment - 32322000

  • Video recording or reproducing apparatus - 32333000

    • Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment - 50300000

Location of contract

WA4 4AD

Value of contract

£540,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR17135

Published date

22 March 2018

Closing date

31 March 2018

Contract start date

30 April 2018

Contract end date

28 February 2021

Contract type

Supply 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

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 11/01/2018 11:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO CARRY OUT A SITE VISIT as part of this tender. SITE VISITS WILL BE HELD ON 6th and 7th December 2017 - Bidders MUST send a message through EMPTORIS to request a slot. If you are unable to make these dates please request another time. The Hartree Centre of the Science & Technology
Facilities Council (STFC) is entering into a tender
process for the procurement of new visualisation
facilities at its new building on the same campus,
installation of new collaborative and development
rooms and integration of existing equipment at its new
premises on the Daresbury Laboratories site.
The newly relocated and updated visualisation
facilities will complement a large investment in
supercomputing capabilities at the Hartree Centre,
Daresbury. In addition to large-scale visualisation,
these procured facilities must be capable of
supporting collaborative working with partners on site
locally and offsite via collaborative communications
technologies. Connectivity between visualisation and
High Performance computing for scalability and
computational steering will also be an important
element. Interoperability and flexibility is also key, so
as to be able to address future use cases.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UKSBS PR17135 Visualisation Suite

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 5 December 2017, last edited 5 December 2017

Attachments

Additional text

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About the buyer

Contact name

Melanie Hollingsworth

Address

UKSBS, Polaris House, North Star Ave,
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

melanie.hollingsworth@uksbs.co.uk