Heriot-Watt University will be vacating its current campus in Academic City at the end of 2020 and moving to a new campus and building in Knowledge Park. The building is a new build consisting of seven floors and covering 218 109 ft2. The new campus will accommodate 3 000 existing students and 300 Heriot-Watt staff, but it is envisaged that this will need to provide adequate provision, facilities and infrastructure to accommodate up to 5 000 students by 2025. Teaching is scheduled to start at the new campus on 13 January 2021.

Heriot-Watt University seeks to appoint a strategic IT and AV partner/system integrator to design, procure, install, test and provide ongoing support for the IT and AV infrastructure at the new Dubai campus. The IT and AV requirements cover six key areas:

1) wired and Wi-fi networks,firewalls,DNS and DHCP services;

2) telephony for all staff;

3) server, storage and backup infrastructure;

4) audio visual equipment for a variety of spaces;

5) end user devices — Laptops for staff, student loan laptops, PCs for student use;

6) multi-function devices (MFDs) for printing and scanning.

Successful applicants will be invited to propose one or more IT and AV design options including optional extras (as an alternative option if required) at stage two as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) process.