CAM Equipment Bids Decisions 2005

Requestor Location Category Supplier Request Version Qty Item price Order price ex VAT price Total price Rationale Notes Priority Funds allocated Cum. total % Cumul %
17.50% £189,000.00 0 £189,000      
Mandy.Strahan Admin Hardware Replacement PCs for admin staff 8 £540.00 £4,320.00 £5,076.00 3 £5,076 £5,076 2.69% 2.69%
Mandy.Strahan Admin Software Microsoft Project 3 £50.00 £150.00 £176.25 8 £176 £5,252 0.09% 2.78%
Craig.Browning AG servers Hardware Dell Poweredge 2850 - 3 year bronze support
No installation
4 post rack mount kit
2 hot plug power supply
Dual 3.0GHz Xeon
2Gb RAM
3.5" internal floppy
DVD rom
Hard drives 5 x 36Gb 15,000rpm.
2 £2,866.00 £5,732.00 £6,735.10 Replacement for Tench and Carp. Both systems are used for student
projects, remote learning and classes within the university as well as some research
staff. Currently only Carp runs SQL along with IIS but I would be tempted to put that on
both the new machines as more and more people request database support.
7 £6,735 £11,987 3.56% 6.34%
Steve.Broadbent AG0.29 Hardware General purpose PCs 3.0GHz 1GB RAM 40GB HDD CDRW/DVD 20 £540.00 £10,800.00 £12,690.00 7 £12,690 £24,677 6.71% 13.06%
Steve.Broadbent AG0.29 Hardware Memory upgrade 512MB 40 £47.00 £1,880.00 £2,209.00 Conditional on not replacing the PCs 0 £0 £24,677 0.00% 13.06%
Steve.Broadbent AG0.30 Hardware General purpose PCs 3.0GHz 1GB RAM 40GB HDD CDRW/DVD 20 £540.00 £10,800.00 £12,690.00 7 £12,690 £37,367 6.71% 19.77%
Steve.Broadbent AG0.30 Hardware Memory upgrade 512MB 40 £47.00 £1,880.00 £2,209.00 Conditional on not replacing the PCs 0 £0 £37,367 0.00% 19.77%
Steve.Broadbent M4.2 Hardware 24-port Cisco 2950 switch 4 £1,000.00 £4,000.00 £4,700.00 Doubled for M4-2 7 £4,700 £42,067 2.49% 22.26%
Steve.Broadbent M4.2 Hardware Ethernet cards 80 £25.00 £2,000.00 £2,350.00 7 £2,350 £44,417 1.24% 23.50%
Steve.Broadbent M4.2 Hardware Cables 80 £20.00 £1,600.00 £1,880.00 7 £1,880 £46,297 0.99% 24.50%
Gary.Bown CT pool Hardware Sony DCR HC1000 Semi Professional Camcorders + tripod + case 5 £890.50 £4,452.50 £5,231.69 The cameras are essential for a new course commencing September, namely Digital Video Technologies. The popularity of video courses is rising and students need access to good quality cameras to achieve the learning outcomes of the units. Students will be working in groups to produce work that is to be collated and broadcast within the university. Quality is therefore a major issue and these cameras will help to maintain a high quality output that is expected from this faculty. 8 £5,232 £51,529 2.77% 27.26%
Vasilios.Katos Hardware lab (AG) Hardware Old PCs 8 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 From LG0.14 8 £0 £51,529 0.00% 27.26%
Vasilios.Katos Hardware lab (AG) Software Various software £3,387.00 £3,387.00 £3,979.73 8 £3,980 £55,509 2.11% 29.37%
Alex.Counsell LG & MH Software 3ds Max 7 151 £20,425.53 £20,425.53 £24,000.00 Our current version (5) is at least two years old and there is a Then £11k pa subscription 6 £24,000 £79,509 12.70% 42.07%
Alex.Counsell LG open Hardware USB scanner 2 £21.32 £42.64 £50.10 The two scanners are to replace old parallel ones in the open access area in Liongate, that stop working intermittently. 6 £50 £79,559 0.03% 42.09%
Alex.Counsell LG pool Hardware Sony Handycam DCR HC1000 + tripod + carrycase 5 £890.50 £4,452.50 £5,231.69 New DV camera kits are needed for student hire. These cameras are used heavily in the LG labs and are regularly all out on hire, getting more cameras would enable us to ensure there is always at least one camera left in the labs for use in situ. 7 £5,232 £84,791 2.77% 44.86%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14a Hardware Multimedia PC P4/3.0GHz 1Gb RAM 80Gb HDD 20 £638.00 £12,760.00 £14,993.00 40 PC’s to replace multimedia systems in Liongate labs 0.14a/b. The existing systems in place are 2 yrs old and need upgrading to a more current multimedia spec. This will also upgrade the graphics cards to a better spec for 3d applications (3ds Max) and provide good Open GL and Direct X 9.0 compatibility for games development units.
10 PC’s to replace 8 existing Video Editing PC’s: To expand number of systems by 2 to provide more available systems, and to create 2 machines for DVD authoring aswell as Video Editing. All systems will run Adobe Premier and Avid Xpress 4 to give choice of video editing packages, this will also help mirror facilities in Mercantile House. These machines will also be used for converting video footage to various codecs and for sound editing facilities for multimedia applications. The systems provide convenience being in the same area as the teaching labs.
8 £14,993 £99,784 7.93% 52.80%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14b Hardware Multimedia PC P4/3.0GHz 1Gb RAM 80Gb HDD 20 £638.00 £12,760.00 £14,993.00 8 £14,993 £114,777 7.93% 60.73%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Hardware Multimedia PC P4/3.0GHz 1Gb RAM 80Gb HDD 10 £638.00 £6,380.00 £7,496.50 8 £7,497 £122,273 3.97% 64.69%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Hardware Sony DSR-11 Mini DV Deck 1 £1,150.00 £1,150.00 £1,351.25 A dedicated DV deck is needed for exporting student work to Mini DV tape for coursework assesment. The Mini DV cameras are usually all out on hire causing problems when students have to export to DV tape, also the usage of DV cameras as VCR decks can wear the tape heads out shortening the life of the DV cameras and compatability issues with different DV cameras can cause many issues. One guaranteed solution for Mini DV mastering is needed. 5 £1,351 £123,624 0.71% 65.41%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Hardware Firewire cards + 200Gb HDD + controller cards 10 £131.49 £1,314.89 £1,545.00 These components are essential for the Video Editing Bay (LG0.14c), to provide sufficient firewire bandwidth to support Avid Xpress 4 / Premiere for DV capture and writing to DV tape and to provide sufficient high speed disk space for real-time capture/playback of Video. 8 £1,545 £125,169 0.82% 66.23%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Software Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 10 £94.00 £940.00 £1,104.50 Premiere Pro 1.5 is to replace older existing versions of Premiere, and to provide full 5.1 surround sound authoring capabilities for  Movie, DVD and Game production.  8 £1,105 £126,274 0.58% 66.81%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Software Ulead DVD workshop 2 2 £255.00 £510.00 £599.25 The licenses of Ulead and Sorenson are to provide industry standard DVD production facilities, as the need for DVD production has increased over the last six months without any tools to back this up, causing compatibility issues with newer DVD players. 5 £599 £126,873 0.32% 67.13%
Alex.Counsell LG0.14c Software Sorensen Squeeze compression suite 4 2 £175.00 £350.00 £411.25 5 £411 £127,284 0.22% 67.35%
Brett.Stevens LG0.14c Software Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 10 £104.00 £1,040.00 £1,222.00 Withdrawn 0 £0 £127,284 0.00% 67.35%
Steve.Broadbent Linux lab Hardware Replacement PCs 20 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 From LG0.14 8 £0 £127,284 0.00% 67.35%
Andy.Bain tbd Hardware PS2 consoles 50 £100.00 £5,000.00 £5,875.00 CT students need to be exposed to working with a variety of different hardware and software in line with industry and public demand. The hardware is very cost-effective compared to other alternatives, and may be withdrawn from sale in the near future. While growing out-of-date as consoles go, the concept of developing for such a device will remain important for the forseeable future. 8 £5,875 £133,159 3.11% 70.45%
Andy.Bain tbd Hardware PS2 VGA adapters 40 £27.00 £1,080.00 £1,269.00 It would be desirable to have 40 dev kits and consoles permanently installed with 10 dev kits for off-site use. The existing 10 dev kits would remain for off-site use. 8 £1,269 £134,428 0.67% 71.13%
Andy.Bain tbd Software PS2 Linux development kits 50 £85.00 £4,250.00 £4,993.75 8 £4,994 £139,422 2.64% 73.77%
Charlie.Watts M2.4 Hardware Optical mouse 10 £8.00 £80.00 £94.00 Replace existing cheap ones that don't work well 3 £94 £139,516 0.05% 73.82%
Brett.Stevens M3.4 Software Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 38 £104.00 £3,952.00 £4,643.60 withdrawn 0 £0 £139,516 0.00% 73.82%
Alex.Counsell MH Software Ulead DVD workshop 2 1 £255.00 £255.00 £299.63 The licenses of Ulead and Sorenson are to provide industry standard DVD production facilities, as the need for DVD production has increased over the last six months without any tools to back this up, causing compatibility issues with newer DVD players. 5 £300 £139,816 0.16% 73.98%
Alex.Counsell MH Software Sorensen Squeeze compression suite 4 1 £175.00 £175.00 £205.63 5 £206 £140,021 0.11% 74.09%
Steve.Broadbent MH hot swap Hardware Replacement PCs 4 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 From LG0.14c 8 £0 £140,021 0.00% 74.09%
Alex.Counsell MH open Hardware DVD player 1 £40.85 £40.85 £48.00 The DVD player is for Mercantile house so students can test DVD's that have been mastered for compatibility problems. 5 £48 £140,069 0.03% 74.11%
Michael.McCabe Server Software MapleTA 2.0 1 £4,775.00 £4,775.00 £5,610.63 We need it because QM Perception is extremely limited for maths questions. 4 £5,611 £145,680 2.97% 77.08%
Athena.Makroglou Site Licence NAG libraries 1 £6,500.00 £6,500.00 £7,637.50 All Universities that I know of, have one major Math
software Library with a campus wide licence.
Then £6500 pa 0 £0 £145,680 0.00% 77.08%
Athena.Makroglou Site Licence Fastflo 1 £2,275.00 £2,275.00 £2,673.13 Then £2275 pa 0 £0 £145,680 0.00% 77.08%
Max.Bramer Site Software SPSS Clementine Student Version plus  'Text Miner for Clementine' 1 £4,500.00 £4,500.00 £5,287.50 essential for DAMIP (new MSc in
Intelligent Systems) and related projects and would be of great
value for KDISC1 (final year degree and BSc Intelligent Systems)
7 £5,288 £150,967 2.80% 79.88%
Max.Bramer Site Software SAS Enterprise Miner 1 £2,900.00 £2,900.00 £3,407.50 Then £2.9k pa 7 £3,408 £154,375 1.80% 81.68%
Patrick.Beullens Site Software Micro Saint Sharp Gold departmental license upgrade 1 £640.00 £640.00 £752.00 Having compared the current version with the latest release (demo), I strongly feel that we need an upgrade of this software. Furthermore, the software will also be used in a new unit "Simulation of Logistics Systems" in the new BSc (H) Transport Logistics programme (currently in stage 3 of the approval process).  6 £752 £155,127 0.40% 82.08%
Peter.Bednar Various Software Microsoft Visio 2003 80 £35.00 £2,800.00 £3,290.00 5 £3,290 £158,417 1.74% 83.82%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Mac G5: Dual 2GHZ 1GB RAM 160GB HDD incl dual monitor 1 £3,671.88 £3,671.88 £4,314.46 Agreed but unbought last year. For core music units 7 £4,314 £162,731 2.28% 86.10%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Microphone - Neumann U87 incl cradle 1 £2,350.00 £2,350.00 £2,761.25 7 £2,761 £165,493 1.46% 87.56%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Microphones (various) 1 £1,675.55 £1,675.55 £1,968.77 7 £1,969 £167,461 1.04% 88.60%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Tascam DA-40 DAT recorder 1 £834.25 £834.25 £980.24 7 £980 £168,442 0.52% 89.12%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Cabling, loom, boxes 1 £822.50 £822.50 £966.44 7 £966 £169,408 0.51% 89.63%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Studio monitors (Mackie HR624) 2 £775.50 £1,551.00 £1,822.43 7 £1,822 £171,231 0.96% 90.60%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Fender Frontman 25R Amp 1 £151.58 £151.58 £178.11 7 £178 £171,409 0.09% 90.69%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Yamaha P90 Stage piano 1 £846.00 £846.00 £994.05 7 £994 £172,403 0.53% 91.22%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Hardware Guitar 'pod' 1 £235.00 £235.00 £276.13 7 £276 £172,679 0.15% 91.36%
Liz.Dobson Wiltshire Building Software Pro tools: Accel 2 card and software; Hardware192 interface; Mixing desk 1 £19,622.50 £19,622.50 £23,056.44 7 £23,056 £195,735 12.20% 103.56%
  £216,329.46 £195,735.23