Notice Information
Notice Title
Barco weConnect Solution
Notice Description
Jisc has placed a contract for a multi-screen, multi-configuration remote and hybrid teaching solution enabling remote and rich interaction between teachers and students, for the benefit of the UK higher and Further education sectors.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A multi-screen, multi-configuration remote and hybrid teaching solution enabling remote and rich interaction between teachers and students, for the benefit of the education sector. Additional information: The contract will be for a 5 year term.
Procurement Information
The Barco weConnect solution is the only SaaS solution that provides ALL of the functions for remote teacher and student engagement required by Jisc: 1) Teacher view with students split across multiple screens, with configurable groups of students on each screen. 2) Ability to setup different room configurations within software, eg virtual classroom, collaboration room and hybrid classroom. 3) Polls, quizzes and student questions 4) Participation analysis by student 5) Connection of additional audio and video inputs for concurrent use. 6) The ability to manage all of the above through a single web interface. Therefore we are clear that it falls within the regulation justification 32 b) ii) where services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for technical reasons.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02dc79
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000113-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,800,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jan 20224 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Aug 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- JISC
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS1 6NB
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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