Basic Information

Reference Number

0000068258

Issuing Organization

TVO - The Ontario Educational Communications Authority

Owner Organization

TVO

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

RFP 2017-1011-306

Title

Live Web Streaming Solution

Source ID

PV.AG.ON.328705.C42068

Agreement Type

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Details

Location

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Description

The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”), conducting business in the Province of Ontario as TVO is seeking submissions for a “Live Web Streaming Solution” that will provide live streams to our distribution partners that currently include YouTube, Twitter (Periscope), Facebook and Brightcove. The system is required to be flexible enough to accommodate changing distribution specs (i.e. bitrates, resolutions, etc.) as well as other distribution partners as needed.

The solution proposed should be enterprise level, capable of highly redundant, unattended operation with appropriate scheduling, administrative tools and support for distribution of mission critical media. The proposals must meet mandatory requirements.

Using the following table please indicate if your solution Complies or Does Not Comply (DNC) based on your provided quote.
Mandatory Requirements: Hardware & SoftwareComplies / DNC
1Ability to send to a minimum of five end points simultaneously:

Periscope at a resolution of 960x540 at 896kbps
Facebook at a resolution of 1280x720 at 4128 kbps, YouTube at a resolution of 1920x1080 at 6128kbps
Brightcove at a resolution of 1920x1080 at 6128kbps
A second Brightcove stream at a resolution of 960x540 at 896kbps

(Bit rates combine video and audio)
2A minimum of one HD-SDI input source (1080i HD video with embedded audio as per TVO in-house standards)
3Ability to schedule streaming events start and stop times at least 1 week in advance so they start and stop automatically at the scheduled date/time without human intervention
4Ability for each scheduled event to have unique titles/ descriptions
5Ability to automatically create the live event (based on schedule) on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube using the endpoint's API, avoiding manual configuration on the social media site

Dates

Publication

2017/10/11 03:30:37 PM EDT

Bid Intent

Required

Bid Intent Deadline

2017/10/23 05:00:00 PM EDT

Question Acceptance Deadline

2017/10/20 05:00:00 PM EDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2017/10/26 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Jack Nunes

416-484-2600 ext. 2119

jnunes@tvo.org

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Physical Bid Submission

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