Contract

VR Display Exploration

  • OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-029534

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02f7c8

Published 29 November 2021, 9:02am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

Headington Campus

OXFORD

OX37FT

Contact

George Ort

Email

gort@brookes.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1865483905

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

VR Display Exploration

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 31700000 - Electronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical supplies

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

VR Display ( Eg CAVE ) for multidisciplinary usage primary computer science & engineering. the solution proposed to Oxford Brookes is a unique combination of component parts and custom screen mechanics targeted to address our operational needs as qualified to date.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £600,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

VR Display ( Eg CAVE ) for multidisciplinary usage primary computer science & engineering. the solution proposed to Oxford Brookes is a unique combination of component parts and custom screen mechanics targeted to address our operational needs as qualified to date.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons
  • Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority

Explanation:

Funding for this contract has been provided by the Office For Students which has strict conditions with regards to timelines by which the funding provided has to be spent.

Any delay in awarding this contract would risk the Office For Students withdrawing funding from Oxford Brookes University.

ST Engineering Antycip proposes a CAVE system that will be designed to meet the University's available room space taking into account the physical constraints imposed. This has led to the selection of an advanced polymer fabric screen which is unlike any other in the market today for ease of entry and only created by one manufacturer ( BARCO) whom STE Engineering Antycip is the preferred certified supplier in the United Kingdom.

ST Engineering provides the advanced polymer fabric screen material that enables transportability, key for Oxford Brookes as the solution needs to enter the Wheatley Campus building for access purposes and needs to be re-deployed in the future at the Oxford Based Campus necessitating ease of handling and transport. Solid Screen substrates ( Glass/acrylics etc ) are rigid by nature and would prohibit ease of entry to the room space combined with an increased cost for handling and transportation along with increased risks for damage to occur in the process.

As a result, the Oxford Brookes University believes that Public. Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32(2) applies.

Regulation 32(2) states:

"The negotiated procedures without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-

(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-

(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons..."

(c) insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-028761


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29 November 2019

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

ST Engineering Antycip

Twyford Mill, Adderbury

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ - South East (England)
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £600,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £600,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford

Country

United Kingdom