Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-24
Buyer: Yleisradio Oy
Country: FI
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48900000 | 50324100 | 72000000
Estimated value: 350000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2019-08-05
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Object of procurement is a teletext system, inclusive of system’s installation, training and support. The current Teletext system in use is based on the Softel-Cyclone platform, but our current technical solution is outdated. At this point Yle is looking technical solution to must support all the functionalities of the current system. The new system must be able to run in parallel (i.e. cascade connection) with the existing Cyclone system (Grass Valley, former SOFTEL) during a transition period. This means that moving, copying and exchange of teletext-pages can take place between the 2 systems, without risk of omitted updating, disruptions or otherwise in the Teletext available.
Finnish Broadcasting Company, ‘Yle’, invites you to take part in a tender competition of a Teletext production solution. Yle is looking for a new system to manage and operate various Teletext production processes. Processes are going to be managed and monitored end-to-end basis and degree of process automation is expected to increase to improve the efficiency while also enabling controlled manual user tasks. Comprehensive file and metadata management capabilities, flexible system integrations and high-end process automation and management functionalities are the foundation for the planned system. Procurement procedure will be a open procedure. The requirements and objectives concerning the services and the tenderer are described in detail in the call for tenders appendices. Yle plans to follow the following schedule:
The requirements and objectives concerning the offered system, the tenderer and the offered services for submitting the tender are described with details in appendices:
Yle will require the ESPD form to be completed by each tenderer and their subcontractors, and each operator, if the proposal is made by a group of tenderers. Please see following information — and the links attached in the eTendering Tool, on page ‘The entire call for tenders and attachments’.
The tenderers economic standing and financial solvency shall be sufficiently stable to provide the customer with the delivery including the contract. Please see the requirements set in the ESPD form and below. If the tenderer is a group, the requirements shall be met by all its members individually — except the required turnover, which can be met by summing together the turnovers of all the members of the group. If requested, the tenderer shall provide relevant certificates.
Contract performance conditions are defined in the appended Contract for system delivery and Service Level Agreement, which the tenderer must accept as such.
All times given in the invitation to tender are Local time in Finland (Eastern European Summer Time UTC +3). Please note that the online connection to the eTendering supplier portal is periodically slow and the download time will take time. Please fill out the tenders information in good time before the deadline expires.

Eligibility requirements: Please see the requirements set in the ESPD form.

Award value: 350000