Minister for Public Works and Housing, Racing, Robert Schwarten, today announced the Queensland Government was seeking a preferred supplier of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services at the $600 million Kelvin Grove Urban Village.Mr Schwarten said the Department of Housing, in conjunction with the Department of State Development and Innovation were issuing a Request for Offer for the supply of ICT services to residents and businesses in the Village and the Brisbane Technology Park at Eight Miles Plains.
He said ICT services required at both locations include telephone, broadband, internet, pay TV, community portal and video on demand.
"Successful tenders will also need to demonstrate 'future proofed' ICT capacity to meet technological advancements," he said.
"High bandwidth network infrastructure at the Village would also support a comprehensive suite of ICT services and applications."
Mr Schwarten said the Kelvin Grove Urban Village was a joint initiative of the state government and Queensland University of Technology, and offers a mix of housing options, with educational, health, retail, recreational, community and business opportunities.
"It is a huge undertaking, with around 37 individual lots of land to be developed over the next five or so years.
"By the time the Village is complete, it will be home to around 1,500 people, with thousands more visitors passing through every day to either study or work in the precinct, or simply take advantage of the cultural and leisure opportunities. "This ICT contract is vital to the development of the site as a mixed used urban hub."
Mr Schwarten said with the Request for Offer, the state government was asking the market to propose sustainable ICT solutions for the two precincts, potentially in partnership with other providers.
"This is an exciting opportunity for technology service providers to think outside the square, and be part of this ground-breaking development," he said.
"While the Request for Offer does not include the supply of services to the Queensland University of Technology, there is the potential to develop links with the University for learning and research purposes and to provide services for commercial developments it initiates.
"Underground service routes - telecommunications pits and ducts - have already been installed at the Village, and include provisions for the next generation in technology across both terrestrial and wireless networks."
The ICT guidelines set out for the Village, ensure it has the capacity for future ICT developments. There is also a requirement for developers to provide fibre-optic cabling to a dedicated communications room, generous ducts to the property boundary and best practice distribution systems to and within each residential unit or commercial tenancy. Developers will also contribute to the costs of the ICT infrastructure at the Village.
More information about the Village and the ICT request for offer will be presented at an industry briefing session at 9am on Wednesday 25 August, in the ground level auditorium at 80 George Street, Brisbane.
Minister Schwarten encouraged all organisations with an interest in ICT to attend the briefing session.
For further information on the ICT briefing session and request for offer, contact the Senior Project Officer at the Department of Housing on (07) 3225 8546, or download the offer documentation from the project website at: http://www.kgurbanvillage.com.au/development/tenders/ict_form.shmt
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