Digital Annunciator Channels for House of Commons

Subject to successful completion of the tests, the supply and installation of additional hardware to provide these additional digital channels to the existing annunciator system, parts of which contain obsolete analogue equipment.

PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL DIGITAL ANNUNCIATOR CHANNELS

Reference number:

Deadline date:05/07/2012

This deadline is for… Deadline for Expression of Interest

Contract value:£25,000 – £50,000

Location where the contract is to be carried out: Inner London,

Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes

Name of the buying organisation: House of Lords and the House of Commons

Description of the contract

The testing of the existing coaxial Annunciator distribution network on the Parliamentary Estate to establish the largest practical number of additional digital channels that can be broadcast without interference or signal degradation over the frequencies released once the broadcasting of analogue channels ceases. Subject to successful completion of the tests, the supply and installation of additional hardware to provide these additional digital channels to the existing annunciator system, parts of which contain obsolete analogue equipment.

Documents

Classification of the contract

92224000 Digital television

Additional information

Contract type: Services – 1

Is it a framework agreement? No

Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No

Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents

Estimated length of contract: 01/08/2012 – 31/10/2012

Who to contact

Contact name Peter Linge

Organisation name House of Lords and the House of Commons

Address .c/o Commercial Services Directorate, 1st Floor, 14 Tothill Street, .London, ., SW1H 9NB

Telephone 020-7219-5383

Extension number:

Fax

Email lingep@parliament.uk

Web address

How to apply

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,and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. This service is considered to be business critical and tenderers will be required to demonstrate their ability to meet the specified timescales.

Digital Annunciator Channels for House of Commons