Notice Information
Notice Title
5G and Interconnectivity Equipment and Virtual Production Services for StudiosUK Facilities
Notice Description
Digital Catapult is looking to establish StudiosUK, a cluster of interconnected research facilities leveraging 5G and future networks capability to enable the exploration of convergent visual content production technologies - such as the use of high-density LED walls, motion-capture, real-time rendering engines and new forms of real-world capture. Studios UK will be a cluster of interconnected facilities that leverage private 5G standalone (5G-SA) networks with multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructure hosting machine learning algorithms to enable real-time animation, wireless data transfer, volumetric capture, motion capture and AR broadcast; thus, enabling co-creation, remotely testing applications and experiences for Film and TV productions. These studios will be utilised for collaborative research and development projects, skills training initiatives and commercial productions within the creative and manufacturing sectors. Examples of projects could include productions utilising in-camera VFX and Virtual Production, 5G enabled device testing, digital twin testbeds, real-time multi-site collaboration and tools and workflow development. There are two sites, the first is within the M25, to be confirmed, the second is at PROTO, Abbott's Hill, Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead NE8 3DF and both must be of specification to integrate with existing equipment. This procurement is for PROTO only, a procurement for the requirements of the site within the M25 will be subject to a separate procurement.
Lot Information
Virtual Production Services
The Catapult wishes to procure equipment and services in order to upgrade and integrate Virtual Production Services at the PROTO site from a suitably capable and experienced Supplier. The Catapult in collaboration with partners currently operates the BlackBox motion capture studio housed within PROTO, a site managed by Sunderland Software City & Gateshead City Council. The BlackBox currently houses an Optitrack motion capture solution as well as the compute, cabling and physical infrastructure. This procurement looks to augment this with an LED screen, a camera solution, increase the fidelity of the motion capture solution and provide new compute and infrastructure to support this. The equipment to be procured as a result of this procurement will need to be integrated with the existing systems, as these existing systems cannot be altered. It is an important consideration of this procurement that the equipment proposed as part of the Supplier's solution integrates and reuses the existing technology. Existing equipment is specified in Annex K to provide Bidders with information to enable consideration to be given to the quality of service and interoperability to be maintained.
Renewal: With the exception of the duration of the warranties that apply to the equipment and services supplied, the Agreement(s) will be for a period of 12 months.
5G and Interconnectivity EquipmentEach facility will host a private 5G Standalone (5G-SA) network that provides high bandwidth, low latency, synchronization and edge computing to support enhanced visual content production workflows and flexible wireless deployments. Security over public and non-public networks is a key consideration for media production applications. The Catapult is to leverage the development of non-public networks to integrate wireless production equipment into each studio and network slicing to differentiate and isolate the data flows. High capacity (+10Gbps) dedicated secure inter-connections will enable the distribution of network services and workloads across the facilities. The network infrastructure will be flexible and scalable enough to meet the requirements for visual content production scenarios, such as those defined in 3GPP Rel. 16/17 to support ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) and Video, Imaging and Audio for Professional Applications (VIAPA). Specifically, for the MEC infrastructure, it will connect all the production technology - camera, dolly and crane, audio-multitrack recorder, wireless microphone, tracking sensors, lighting - in a low latency and high-bandwidth network that will enhance the overall workflow. The Catapult is to contract with an experienced and capable Supplier as a result of this procurement for the supply of 5G and interconnectivity equipment that will be used to upgrade the PROTO site and to connect the aforementioned two studios in the UK in accordance with the scope stated in this ITT. There are four sub-lots for the equipment to be procured: Lot 1a: Generic IT/Networking kit; Lot 1b: 5G Radio and 5G ORAN Solution system; Lot 1c: 5G Core system; and Lot 1d: Point-to-point Interconnectivity between PROTO and LONDON The estimated contract value of the Contracts to be awarded are detailed below: Lot 1a: Generic IT/Networking kit - estimated value of this Lot is 790,000.00 GBP ex VAT; Lot 1b: 5G Radio and 5G ORAN Solution system - estimated value of this Lot is 190,000.00 GBP ex VAT; Lot 1c: 5G Core system - estimated value of this Lot is 60,000.00 GBP ex VAT; Lot 1d: Point-to-point interconnection between PROTO and LONDON; 120,000.00 GBP ex VAT; Bidders are permitted to submit tenders for one or more sub-lots at their discretion.
Renewal: With the exception of the duration of the warranties that apply to the equipment and services supplied, the Agreement(s) will be for a period of 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0303d1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018828-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
48 - Software package and information systems
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
32400000 - Networks
32412000 - Communications network
32412110 - Internet network
32418000 - Radio network
32420000 - Network equipment
32422000 - Network components
32424000 - Network infrastructure
48522000 - Virtual keyboard software package
48821000 - Network servers
64221000 - Interconnection services
72212522 - Virtual keyboard software development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,120,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,120,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,629,072 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jul 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Feb 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Mar 20223 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
- DIGITAL CATAPULT
- Contact Name
- Procurement Department
- Contact Email
- procurement@digicatapult.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2038823557
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- NW1 2RA
- Post Town
- North West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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