The contract consists of 3 sub-deliveries, to which the tenderer must submit a tender:
Part 1 includes the main contract, in particular the replacement of the existing infrastructure for the antenna registration (or compliance recording).
The programme of signals from our various television channels must be recorded and maintained in accordance with the legal obligations relating to the Mediadecreet (Decree on Radio and Television of 27.3.2009). For this purpose, VRT is looking for a product that its programme signals, as they have been broadcast (including teletext, multiple audio channels, subtitles, etc.);
— can include,
— can be stocked,
— make searchable through the integration of the AS RUN information from our sending system and possibly the EPG information,
— display (including teletext), allowing the individual programmes to go from the search results,
— can be cut into fragments and where the fragments can be exported (DVD format at least),
— can export automatically or make available via an API. This is necessary to make the material available for the product in part delivery 2.
Part Delivery 2 includes the establishment of a deeper and permanent archive, in which the following files should be included:
— the files included using the infrastructure referred to above in section 1. This integration should be undertaken by the tenderer,
— the files included with the current antenna registration tool. This migration is described in part delivery 3,
— files from digitised VHS tapes, which entered the antenna registration from the mid-80s to 2005. These VHS tapes are digitised and delivered by an external firm, outside this contract. The migration of these stocks is also part of part delivery 3.
As a result, VRT will have a single archive in which the antenna was registered from the mid-1980s to the present day.
In order to set up this deeper archive, VRT is looking for a product that:
— can integrate,
— make searchable using the metadata provided about the programmes in these files,
— capable of displaying individual programs in the file from the search results,
— can cut into fragments and export them to at least DVD format.
This product has an integration function and the tenderer will be responsible for integrating the above files. The product can also interact with underlying ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) storage, in particular disk storage (GPFS) and data tape storage, where the storage covers the daily processes and procedures for managing a storage architecture, backup, recovery and archiving. Integration can be done through the SMB/CIFS protocol or FTP/FXP. This existing storage will be extended as appropriate.
This partial delivery may and may form an integrated system together with the product from sub-delivery 1.
Part 3 is a service contract comprising the migration of existing files:
— the VC-1/WMA-WMV files from the current antenna registration tool should be prepared so that they can be imported into the archive tool described in section 2 above. This may require specific knowledge of ArcServe Brightstore archiving software (v11) and Python scripting;
— the H264/AAC-MP4 files from the VHS tapes, which are digitised (outside this contract) and transported and imported in bulk in the product described above in section 2.
For both migration pathways, knowledge is needed to integrate a service with a product through a possible API.
The contract consists of 3 sub-deliveries. Tenderers must submit a tender for all 3 sub-deliveries. Part Delivery 1 is the main contract; VRT is not bound to carry out parts 2 and 3.
Candidates will be ranked to the extent that their portfolio of products and services covers the requested partial supplies. For each partial delivery, reference must also be given that the tenderer is in a position to carry out the maintenance of these products or services. A maximum of five candidates will be invited to submit a tender.
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