CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

TV Studio Upgrade - Supply & Installation

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The University of South Wales, Faculty of Creative Industries, is planning to upgrade an existing TV studio control room at the Cardiff Campus as part of a phase 1 upgrade. The work to be carried out will focus on a full upgrade of our current TV Studio control room in CAB112 to support a multi-cam studio. This upgrade will not cover the studio floor so the current Sony 1100 HD cameras will remain until phase 2 upgrade is agreed.

This will involve the replacement and upgrade of vision and audio mixer, lighting control desk, multi-view displays and all associated monitors including engineering monitor.

We also aim to replace and upgrade the routing and switching equipment associated with the studio to have a professional and current environment.

This upgrade would ideally include new desk furniture to replace the current setup.

The upgrade would keep the existing connection to our CTA to enable us to send feeds out of studio and receive feeds in via BNC.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=120132.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Specification

• New system design to accommodate all users

• Comms and talkbacks to camera, boom operators, presenters and floor manager

• Multiview's, previews and matrix

• Monitors (PGM/Preview/Engineering) - high quality

• Lower thirds generator

• Test and measurement Inc reference gen

• Recording ideally in multiple formats such as high compression, log, H264

• VT Playback system

• Studio clock

• HD SDI tie lines to studio floor for high grade monitors with switching system

• Accommodation: Sound booth - perspex wall

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

• Be capable of providing both the equipment required as well as installation as part of this turnkey project

• Provide case studies or narrative on projects of a similar nature that you have delivered in similar settings.

• All replacement equipment items and installation timescales must be quoted for with indicative lead times in order to meet our requirements as stipulated.**

• Specifically with regards to the evaluation criteria, we expect project relatable answers that address each of the criteria.

• Conduct a site visit - Site Visits can be arranged by contacting Richard Summers, Senior Specialist Resource Officer at Richard.summers@southwales.ac.uk

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

1742

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.

Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Thursday 21st April 2022.

You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the postbox will electronically close at the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.

All queries in relation to the tender should be conducted via the Q&A function attached to this notice.

Site visits can be arranged by contacting Richard Summers, Specialist Resource Officer at richard.summers@southwales.ac.uk

(WA Ref:120132)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

See ITT document for details

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice