Provision, installation, and commissioning of a story-centric Newsroom Computer System (NRCS), incorporating centralised publishing management and a fully integrated playout solution.

The proposed solution shall be a fully on-premise, story-centric newsroom and publishing platform. The solution shall be designed with a digital-first focus to support rapid content creation, transformation and distribution across online and social channels, while remaining securely accessible to authorised external contributors, including journalists and remote editors. The system must enable a seamless transition from content acquisition through to multi-platform digital publication, with broadcast playout operating as an integrated extension of the core workflow. The system must be scalable with initial requirements of 10 concurrent journalist/editorial seats. A detailed training plan must also be provided.

At a minimum, the solution must comprehensively support the following functional domains:
• multi-source ingest, including live, file-based, and remote submissions,
• news package generation and collaborative production, enabling editorial teams to create, version, and refine content for digital-first publishing,
• online publishing and social media distribution as a central capability, allowing direct, efficient delivery of content to web, and third-party platforms,
• AI integration, particularly to accelerate digital workflows such as translation, transcription, and subtitling,
• integrated playout, supporting both SDI broadcast and online streaming,
• archiving, ensuring all media and editorial assets are securely stored, richly indexed, and easily retrievable, with integration to existing archive systems