Published date: 2 February 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: 23 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motion picture and video services - 92100000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP561556992

Published date

2 February 2021

Closing date

23 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2021

Contract end date

6 September 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

Northumbria University Require animation render farm service in support of the Animation BA Degree course. Details of this degree programme can be found at the following link Animation BA (Hons) (northumbria.ac.uk)

Northumbria would like to explore the options for our students to access a cloud based render farm service. To align with the current software applications used by our students the farm must support the following 3d Design Software
•Maya
•Houdini
•After Effects
•Unreal engine
The farm must also support for a GPU render using the following
•Arnold
•Redshift

There should also be support for a render farm manager ideally Deadline

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

Nasrin Mozlu

Address

Sutherland Building
Northumberland Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK

Telephone

07850102988

Email

nasrin.mozlu@northumbria.ac.uk