Contract notice: Network servers Tender in Ireland - 24586485

Procurement Summary

Country: Ireland

Summary: Contract notice: Network servers

Deadline: 01 Aug 2018

Posting Date: 29 Jun 2018

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24586485

Document Ref. No.: 279629-2018

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Tender Details

Object of the contract
Network servers

Description: Contract notice: Network servers

Authority Type: National or federal Agency/Office
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 48821000, 30233000, 30233100, 30233110, 30233120, 30233130, 30233140, 30233180, 30234000, 30234500, 30237110, 30237135, 32400000, 32420000, 32421000, 32422000, 32423000, 32424000, 32425000, 32426000, 32427000, 32428000, 48820000, 48822000, 48823000, 48824000, 48825000, 72317000, 48821000, 30233000, 30233100, 30233110, 30233120, 30233130, 30233140, 30233180, 30234000, 30234500, 30237110, 30237135, 32400000, 32420000, 32421000, 32422000, 32423000, 32424000, 32425000, 32426000, 32427000, 32428000, 48820000, 48822000, 48823000, 48824000, 48825000, 72317000
CPV Description: Network servers.

Media storage and reader devices.

Computer storage units.

Magnetic card storage units.

Magnetic tape storage units.

Magnetic disk storage units.

Direct-access storage devices (DASD).

Flash memory storage devices.

Storage media.

Memory storage media.

Network interfaces.

Network interfaces cards.

Networks.

Network equipment.

Network cabling.

Network components.

Network hubs.

Network infrastructure.

Network operating system.

Network publishing system.

Network system.

Network upgrade.

Servers.

Computer servers.

File servers.

Printer servers.

Web servers.

Data storage services.

Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices

This competition consists of:

This competition consists of:

1) Award of the contract for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices to the most economically advantageous tender based on the contract award criteria; and

2) Establishment of a Framework Agreement for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices based on the three highest ranked Tenderers from 1 above.

The Authority has 2 very specific hardware requirements in the short term, as follows:

1) Upgrade of the Virtual Desktop Environment to support increased resilience (from 99 % to 99.9 %) and an increased user base (up from 180 to 250). The strategy involves procuring new infrastructure for the primary environment and to move the aging infrastructure from the primary to the Disaster Recovery (DR) environment. The requirement is described in more detail below.

2) Expansion of the Route modelling Environment to support increased compute and storage requirements of the modelling team. The requirement is described in more detail in below.

The on-going range of hardware products required will include:

— Servers,

— Storage Devices and associated peripherals (e.g. cables etc.),

— Network Devices and associated peripherals (e.g. cables etc.),

— Warranty, and

— Hardware Maintenance.

Below is an indicative list of envisaged project type work to be completed over the next 3 years.

— Infrastructure relocation to Cloud re-location of the Authority's Journey Planner and Real Time Passenger Information Systems to the cloud.

— Bus market Opening Systems It is envisaged that the Bus Market Opening programme will lead to at least 4 new systems that will be hosted in the cloud.

— System Expansion the Authority expects to expand the storage and compute infrastructure in early 2019 to accommodate new systems.

— Email implementation of Microsoft Office 365 is expected in the coming two to three years

— Business Intelligence it is expected that the Authority will deploy a more extensive Business Intelligence Platform.

As set out in the tender documents.

The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.

Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.

Refer to procurement documents for further information.


Internet address (URL): https://nationaltransport.ie
Directive: Classical Directive (2014/24/EU)

Documents

 Tender Notice