Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Ulster · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- NantStudios, LLC
- Value
- £19,954,122.42
- Procedure
- Competitive dialogue
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Transmission apparatus for radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting and television (CPV 32200000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 013940-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Apr 2024
- Published30 Apr 2024Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
The Vision for Studio Ulster (SU) is to be a leading Commercial Centre of Excellence in Virtual Production (“VP”) in the UK and Ireland and to establish a ‘Tier 1’ Centre of Excellence in Research and Development and Innovation (R&D&I), in Real-time and Virtual Production, a rapidly developing suite of technologies and methodologies for screen content production. Located on the North Foreshore in Belfast, the development of SU in conjunction with the Belfast Harbour Film Studio complex creates a unique blend of facilities, that will drive commercial activity and collaboration in R&D on an unprecedented scale involving all strands of production and technology professionals involved in the virtual production, film, broadcast, animation, games, VFX and immersive sectors. The successful appointed tenderer will develop technical proposals for the equipment allowing SUL to deliver on the final Business Plan objectives. The design solutions presented shall be based on the successful tenderer…
About the supplier
NantStudios, LLC: every public contract they have won.