Tender: Design, Supply and Installation of Four Immersive Healthcare Teaching and Simulation Rooms – University of Birmingham

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The University of Birmingham is seeking a supplier to design, supply and install four immersive teaching and simulation rooms for healthcare education at its Birmingham Health Innovation Campus. The contractor will provide systems design, project management and installation of equipment, account management, and planned preventative and reactive maintenance. Scoped technical requirements include high-fidelity projection or LED screens with 270°–360° capability and room-specific mapping and calibration; separate audio, video and control systems for each room to enable concurrent or isolated simulations; multisensory effect management such as directional audio and programmable lighting with scent systems recommended; pre-built UK-aligned healthcare scenarios and no-code authoring tools supporting environmental distractions, time-critical events, branching logic, team coordination and real-time instructor interventions; a library of clinical and non-clinical environments; gamification and escape-room collaborative learning features; and integration with pre-existing mannequin, AV and learning management system networks. The solution must comply with WCAG 2.2 AA, GMC and NMC education standards, GDPR, security protocols and the University’s non-functional requirements, with full handover (after testing and user training) required in time for the 2027/28 academic year.