2163410 Pre-Market Engagement: the Future of Cloud Tender - 32121770

Tenders are invited for 2163410 Pre-Market Engagement: The future of Cloud Computing within NICS

CfT CA Unique ID:SSD-2860

Evaluation Mechanism:Price/Cost Effectiveness

Description:The Department for Finance (DoF) on behalf of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is in the process of reviewing the solution used to provide cloud services to customers. The current contract expires in March 2021. As part of this preparation, Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) is running a Market Engagement exercise on behalf of the Department, and are inviting suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who may have an interest in this project to complete the attached questionnaire to assist the Department in gaining a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirement, the most appropriate approach, additional aspects that could be considered, the capacity of the market to deliver and any possible risks or issues that may not have previously been considered. Interested parties are requested to complete the questionnaire within Annexe B and return it via eTendersNI, by 3.00 pm on 12th April 2019. Any requests for clarification relating to this exercise must be communicated using the secure messaging function on the eTendersNI portal. Responses to requests for clarification will be communicated by CPD to all interested suppliers through the eTendersNI messaging system. Your completed questionnaire should be uploaded within the eTendersNI portal via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) clarifications messaging function. Instructions on how to submit your feedback can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough available through the homepage of the portal.

Procurement Type:Services

CPC Category:Computer and related services

Directive:2014/24/EU (Classic)

Procedure:Open

CfT Involves:A Public Contract

CPV Codes:48000000-Software package and information systems
48213000-Operating system enhancement software package
48214000-Network operating system software package
48215000-Networking developers' software package
48216000-Network connectivity terminal emulation software package
48219000-Miscellaneous networking software package
48219100-Gateway software package
48219500-Switch or router software package
48219700-Communications server software package
48211000-Platform interconnectivity software package
48620000-Operating systems
48710000-Backup or recovery software package
48730000-Security software package
48750000-Storage media loading software package
48760000-Virus protection software package
48770000-General, compression and print utility software package
48780000-System, storage and content management software package
48800000-Information systems and servers
48810000-Information system