JISC

JISC wishes to commission a project to scope the requirements of a portal to serve both visual and sound materials for the UK further and higher education sector, and to build a portal demonstrator based on the recommendations of the scoping study. 

Funding of up to £40,000 (inclusive of VAT and related travel and subsistence) is available for the scoping study. Further to review of the study, £160,000 (inclusive of VAT and travel and subsistence) will be made available to build a portal demonstrator and to develop related policies and future requirements. On award of the contract JISC will make a commitment in principle to both phases; however phase two will be dependent on the outcomes of phase one.

The expected start date for the project is Thursday 1 September 2005. The project is expected to last between 14 to 18 months.