# National Museums Liverpool Planetarium Upgrade

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [National Museums Liverpool](/buyers/national-museums-liverpool/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Skypoint SRL
- Award value: £184,894
- Award date: 22 June 2020
- Published: 7 July 2020
- Contract start: 23 June 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 74a2275d-6b5c-4085-8f70-4682d5db807f-368803
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-40d303a8-7c79-4f4f-a56c-0a3c884160ac

## Description

Bidders are asked to submit a formal tender for the Planetarium upgrade\. The tender is for a complete planetarium system, including both hardware and software\. The hardware should include modern projectors with a light unit life of 20,000 hours or more and an effective screen resolution of 4K\. The software should be capable of playing pre-recorded shows and able to support live interactive shows when operated by a suitably trained member of staff\. The system should not include a sound or room lighting system however it should interface with our installed sound and lighting systems via DMX using the sound matrix \(dbx ZonePro 1261\) supplied by NML and a Skylux compact DMX controller for the lighting also supplied by NML The solution must include a minimum of 5 years warranty, maintenance and support\. The total budget available for the 5 year contract is £185,000\. National Museums Liverpool are happy to act as a case study and/or referral site\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/74a2275d-6b5c-4085-8f70-4682d5db807f-368803)