Italy – Data-processing services – Procedura aperta sopra soglia comunitaria, ai sensi dell'art. 71 del d.lgs. n. 36/2023 , articolata un unico lotto, per l'affidamento dei servizi per la rendicontazione delle opere musicali e dei supporti fonografici utilizzati nei programmi trasmessi da Rai.

The subject of the contract consists of the recognition, identification, information completion, and reporting of Musical Works and their related phonographic supports used in Rai's radio and television programmes and radio broadcasts, using automatic recognition systems, specialist databases, and validation and control activities, in order to ensure the correct fulfilment of the obligations required by the applicable legislation and licensing agreements with the Collecting Societies. As part of the service, the Supplier must, among other things: • acquire and monitor the audio/video streams and the data necessary for reporting; • recognise and identify the Musical Works and their related supports using automatic recognition systems and the further methodologies provided for in the Technical Specification; • complete, verify and update the metadata necessary for reporting; • prepare, transmit and correct the Cue Sheets according to the specified format; • manage the Black List, the Rejected Files and the decontamination and correction activities; • produce the reports and evidence required by Rai for verification and control purposes. The services also include the start-up, operational support and transition out activities necessary to ensure the continuity and correct execution of the reporting process. Rai reserves the right to request, in whole or in part, the following "on-demand" services: a) reporting of Musical Works and Supports related to the programming of the channels currently identified by the "Rai Italia" brand; b) recognition and reporting of Musical Works and Supports related to content present on the "RaiPlay" platform; c) recognition and reporting of Musical Works and Supports related to content present on the "RaiPlay Sound" platform; d) recognition and reporting of Musical Works and Supports related to programmes already broadcast in periods prior to the contractual duration on generalist television and radio channels. In such cases, Rai will provide the Supplier with the possibility of listening to and/or viewing the relevant recordings; e) recognition and reporting of Musical Works and Supports related to programmes already broadcast in periods prior to the contractual duration on thematic, regional and minority language television and radio channels. In such cases, Rai will provide the Supplier with the possibility of listening to and/or viewing the relevant recordings; f) analyses and elaborations relating to the representativeness of the Collecting Societies with reference to specific channels, schedules and/or time periods; g) segmentation of television programming for the purpose of identifying the actual broadcast time of programmes; h) segmentation of radio programming for the purpose of identifying the actual broadcast time of programmes; i) completion and integration of Rai's data relating to Programme Content Declarations (DCP); j) integration and reconciliation of the data collected by the Supplier with the information relating to musical uses contained in the Programme Content Declarations (DCP) prepared by Rai. For a detailed description of the technical and functional characteristics of the services in question, as well as the modalities for their execution, reference is made to the Technical Specification. - pursuant to Article 58 of the Code and in application of the principles therein, the procedure is structured in a single lot for the following reasons: (i) the services to be awarded constitute a unitary and highly integrated process of recognition, identification, information completion and reporting of Musical Works and their related phonographic data, which requires the unitary and homogeneous management of a single Database in order to ensure coherence, uniqueness and uniformity of the reporting results; (ii) the execution of the services presupposes the use of a single operating methodology, a single recognition system and a single application integration between the Supplier's systems and those of the Client, as well as the coordinated management of Cue Sheets, the Black List, Rejects and Corrections, activities that present a high degree of technical and operational interdependence; (iii) any subdivision into lots would entail the need to coordinate different economic operators, potentially equipped with different databases, recognition systems, classification criteria and updating processes, with the consequent risk of information misalignment, duplication of activities, operational inefficiencies and increased coordination and control costs; (iv) the unitary management of the service also makes it possible to pursue objectives of organisational efficiency and economic efficiency of the contractual action, avoiding the fragmentation of responsibilities and ensuring a homogeneous oversight of the entire reporting process.