Community Radio Kilkenny City (CRKC) is a community radio station licensed by the BAI to serve Kilkenny City and Environs. CRKC is now upgrading the studio facilities and upgrading the underlying

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Community Radio Kilkenny City (CRKC) is a community radio station licensed by the BAI to serve Kilkenny City. Since being awarded its full time licence, the station has been steadily upgrading its facilities, many of which dated back to the 1990s. CRKC is now upgrading the studio facilities and as part of that work it is also upgrading the underlying technology and infrastructure, setting the direction of development for the coming years.The station has three working studios as well as the use of a shared room for bigger groups. The studios are On Air Studio1 (Main), Studio 2 (Production), Studio 3, and the shared room is a large meeting room upstairs, shared with Boardroom users. The latter room currently has wiring in place to contribute programming via Studio 1 when larger groups need to be accommodated. In such cases, a portable audio mixing desk (see below) is used to pre-mix the microphones being fed to the Main Studio. Studio 1 will be rebuilt and re-equipped with modern sound-proofing incorporated throughout during the building works. Studio 3 will be moved, enlarged and re-built; some existing materials to be re-used, eg current sound-proofed glazing. This tender process is to purchase both the equipment required and to obtain the expertise of the vendor during the delivery of the entire project. Consultancy at the planning phase, supervision at the building phase and inspection on handover are the services we will require to be delivered by the successful tenderer as part of the works being quoted for. This liaison requirement should be included in the response to the tender. Post-project support requirements are detailed below under “Services Required”.