Channel in a Box Videoservers

Yle is asking for offers on Channel in a Box videoservers to be installed, configured and tested in Yle's premises in Helsinki, Finland. The procurement and the requirements are set out in more detailed in the call for tenders and it's following appendices: 1. Description of the Procurement 2. List of Requirements (to be filled by the tenderer) 2.1 Installation Instructions (in Finnish) 3. Agreement Draft (in Finnish) 3.1 Special Terms and Conditions for Procurement of Hardware (JIT 2015 - Hardware) 3.2 Special Terms and Conditions for Services (JIT 2015 - Services) 3.3 Special Terms and Conditions for Consulting Services (JIT 2015 - Consulting) 3.4 General Terms and Conditions (JIT 2015 - General Terms and Conditions) 4. Pricing Sheet (to be filled by the tenderer) 5. Information on References (to be filled by the tenderer) 6. Description of the Systems (to be filled by the tenderer) 7. Delivery Project Plan (to be filled by the tenderer) 8A. Data Protection Agreement Draft (In Finnish) 8B. Data Protection Agreement Draft (In English) One supplier will be chosen as the contracting party based on the most economically advantageous tender.

The servers to be procured will replace Yle’s transmission playout video servers (Main and DR/Test sites), which are currently in the end of their planned lifecycle. The procurement can be divided into the following parts: 1) The video servers and their delivery, consisting of the servers themselves as well as the services required in order to take them into use, such as installation, configuration, testing, training and so forth delivered in cooperation with Yle’s other partners. 2) Continuous services, consisting of all the services necessary to maintain and support the operation of the servers and delivered in accordance with an SLA meeting Yle’s requirements for at most 5 years. 3) Additional expert services, consisting of all the expert services needed in addition to the services mentioned above. Yle is looking to obtain a video playout system which can do signal handling services internally instead of relying on separate video cards or devices as the current system does.