Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2025-03-07
Buyer: Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland
Country: NL
Region: NL329
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 34741400 | 34931400 | 34962210
Submission deadline: 2025-04-03

Technical requirements: Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (ATC-NL) seeks your valued advice in order to prepare a sourcing strategy for a visual presentation system that is suitable and matches the set requirements. 
ATC-NL has installed a 360 degree tower simulator with a visual presentation part which is approaching its end of life. The tower simulator is a replica of an air traffic control tower with four working positions. The current visual presentation system is a cylinder of 20 Plexiglas panels with a coating, on which 20 Barco F80 Q7 beamers project a continuous image. This image is generated by specific aeronautical simulation software, running on a gaming engine on one image generator per beamer with a GeForce graphics card.

ATC-NL sees three possible scenarios:
-	Keep the current visual presentation system, but update the beamers to beamers with better specifications;
-	Change the visual presentation system to a solution using LCD screens;
-	Change the visual presentation system to another solution ATC-NL has not considered but is advised by a third party knowledgeable on this subject.

Therefore, ATC-NL has specified functional and non-functional requirements, which should provide enough input for a supplier to suggest the best solution.

Additionally ATC-NL has formulated some questions to get insight into the maintenance effort, costs and durability of possible solutions.

Please note that the simulator product itself is not part of this market consultation. See Questionnaire document.
Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (ATC-NL) seeks your valued advice in order to prepare a sourcing strategy for a visual presentation system that is suitable and matches the set requirements. 
ATC-NL has installed a 360 degree tower simulator with a visual presentation part which is approaching its end of life. The tower simulator is a replica of an air traffic control tower with four working positions. The current visual presentation system is a cylinder of 20 Plexiglas panels with a coating, on which 20 Barco F80 Q7 beamers project a continuous image. This image is generated by specific aeronautical simulation software, running on a gaming engine on one image generator per beamer with a GeForce graphics card.

ATC-NL sees three possible scenarios:
-	Keep the current visual presentation system, but update the beamers to beamers with better specifications;
-	Change the visual presentation system to a solution using LCD screens;
-	Change the visual presentation system to another solution ATC-NL has not considered but is advised by a third party knowledgeable on this subject.

Therefore, ATC-NL has specified functional and non-functional requirements, which should provide enough input for a supplier to suggest the best solution.

Additionally ATC-NL has formulated some questions to get insight into the maintenance effort, costs and durability of possible solutions.

Please note that the simulator product itself is not part of this market consultation.