Südwestrundfunk (SWR), the public broadcaster of ARD, supplies a broadcasting area with the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, in which a total of about 15 million people live. In addition, the SWR delivers to the ARD Community Programme and uses the online distribution channels. The SWR operates - three radio stations, - ten studios, - twenty regional offices, - eleven correspondent offices, which are spread over the entire broadcasting area. In radio, SWR is responsible for two country-specific information and regional programmes (SWR1 and SWR4), a cross-border cultural programme (SWR2), the pop wave SWR3, the young programme DASDING and the SWR Aktuell radio programme. The SWR radio programmes reach around seven million listeners every day. At the radio station in Baden-Baden, the joint share of SWR Television (70%) is responsible. For ARD, the Programme Directorate for Information produces one-sixth of all broadcasts of the first. Baden-Baden is also the headquarters of the Culture Programme Directorate and the Directorate for Technology and Production. The national radio waves SWR Kultur and SWR3, the young programme DASDING and the radio programme of the cross-media news programme SWR Aktuell come from Baden-Baden. In the innovation laboratory SWR X Lab, innovative ideas are created that are translated into prototypes and products, and new, digital products and services are developed. The innovative ARD Audio Lab is also located in Baden-Baden. In the SWR, there are renewal measures in the field of radio. The technological and strategic goal is the cross-wave standardization and harmonization of the technology, as well as a standardization of workflows across all SWR locations. The project ‘EHFS – Renewal of radio systems in the SWR’ bundled several site-specific technical renewal projects. The basic technological requirements and framework conditions for the renewal projects are considered overridingly and combined into a holistic SWR concept. The results resulting from this overall project are successively implemented in the respective renewal projects. A detailed description of the services to be provided and the items to be procured is contained in the specifications documents ‘LB Allgemeineer Teil’, ‘LB Technische Infrastruktur’ and ‘Annex 12 – Performance and price sheets’. The renewal of the systems must be preceded in part by the dismantling of existing technical equipment and furniture. This work, as well as the delivery of the new components and their construction and installation in Baden Baden, will take place during the 24-hour continuous broadcasting operation. All work must therefore be carried out with special regard to the parallel use of the premises. Disturbances must be avoided. The main services to be provided by a contractor are briefly summarised below: - participation in the joint kick-off appointment together with the client and the specialist planner, - structural inspection of all premises together with the client and the specialist planner, - coordination of a detailed planning for system integration with the definition of construction phases that are to be subject to partial acceptance, - procurement of the necessary technical functional components, - delivery and installation of the furniture as a special design in accordance with the specifications, - integration of functional components and supplies including all services, such as assembly, installation, cabling, - commissioning, functional testing, safety-related operational testing in several phases / construction phases, - provision of general services such as project planning and project management, detailed planning and documentation, etc. The aim of the award procedure is to conclude a contract with a contractor for the execution of the system integration and technical renewal of the radio studios in the premises of the SWR at the Baden-Baden site. For the client, it is essential for the contract that the contractor manufactures the predetermined and agreed functionality of all system parts with the services for the integration of components to be delivered and provided by the client and takes all necessary steps. The contractor is liable for the services of its subcontractors, as well as for its own services. The intended start date of the contract is 04.02.2025. The contract ends with the successful overall acceptance of the commissioned scope of integration, analogous to the schedule described in the document ‘LB Allgemeiner Teil’ (LB General Part).
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