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title: "Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform"
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# Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/reality-emulator-immersive-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bristol: "Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: tenders.bris.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Bristol](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bristol-urn-133799)
- **Published Value:** £1,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 March 2023 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/reality-emulator-immersive-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/reality-emulator-immersive-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [tenders.bris.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenders.bris.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/reality-emulator-immersive-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b#participate

## Description
The University of Bristol’s Digital Futures Institute (BDFI) is creating the Reality Emulator (RE): a unique coordinated physical and virtual environment providing the capability to study complex technical and sociotechnical systems at different scales, in different contexts, and at different stages. A key requirement of the RE is the use of diverse datasets generated in real-time, over time, historically and at scale, that can be emulated, integrated and synthetically scaled to provide conditions for prospective research on digital innovation and intervention.
The University is advising of the award of contract for the Immersive platform of the Reality Emulator.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,600,000
- **Description:** The University of Bristol’s Digital Futures Institute (BDFI) is creating the Reality Emulator (RE): a unique coordinated physical and virtual environment providing the capability to study complex technical and sociotechnical systems at different scal...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform (active)
  - Award id: `026113-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Mechdyne Europe Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-91812`
  - Value: £1,600,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,600,000
  - Signed Date: 18/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026113-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-04T15:52:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:33:45.892Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a70b