A Multi Supplier Framework for the Provision of IT Infrastructure and Related Services

Description

The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a multi supplier framework agreement that will provision for all IT infrastructure and related services across Ervia, its subsidiaries and business units. It is the intention to appoint service providers to support the delivery of these requirements in the eight areas referenced below, each of which will constitute a separate lot. Lot 1 – Enterprise Class Servers; Lot 2 – Security Infrastructure; Lot 3 – Desktop Devices; Lot 4 – Mobile Devices; Lot 5 – Network Infrastructure; Lot 6 – Storage Infrastructure; Lot 7 – Cloud Services; Lot 8 – Converged Infrastructure. The framework agreement will be established for a term of five (5) years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 2 years at the sole discretion of Ervia. Maximum of 10 applicants per lot will be invited to tender for ITT stage, where the minimum requirements are demonstrated. Please refer to the PQQ document for further details. Lot 1: Enterprise Class Servers Scope of service is the provision of Enterprise Class Servers and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, maintenance and licensing, as well as associated products such as Racks, KVM's, Memory, Hard Drives, Input devices etc. The services should include planning, configuration and testing through proven methodologies and implementation techniques. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 2: Security Infrastructure Scope of service is the provision of Security Infrastructure and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, maintenance and licensing, as well as associated products such as Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention. The services should include planning, configuration and testing through proven methodologies and implementation techniques. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 3: Desktop Devices Scope of service is the provision of Desktop Devices and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, maintenance, licensing as well as associated products such as Laptops, PC’s and Thin Clients. The service will also include industry best practices to optimise the management of laptop and desktop devices. This may include but not limited to application packaging to image and patch management. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 4: Mobile Devices Scope of service is the provision of Mobile Devices and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, maintenance, licensing as well as associated products such as Mobile Handsets, Mobile Voice & Data Communications Services, Mobile Devices & Tablet devices. Please refer to the PQQ for further details. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 5: Network Infrastructure The expected scope of service is the provision of Network Infrastructure and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, maintenance, licensing as well as associated products such as LAN Switches, POE Switches, Routers, Wireless Connectivity, Network Modules & Lines Cards. The services should include planning, configuration and testing through proven methodologies and implementation techniques. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 6: Storage Infrastructure The expected scope of service is the provision of Storage Infrastructure and ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, licensing and maintenance, as well as associated products such as storage devices, disks, disk shelves, fabric switches, GBICs & cabling. The services should include planning, configuration and testing through proven methodologies and implementation techniques. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 7: Cloud Services The expected scope of service is the provision of Cloud Services & ancillary services to Ervia including but not limited to implementation, consultancy, licensing &/or maintenance in addition to access to public &/or secure/private (not shared) cloud environments, provisioning and termination policies, up/download capabilities. These environments should include servers, storage etc. as required. Please refer to PQQ for further details. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017. Lot 8: Converged Infrastructure Scope of service is the provisioning, implementation & technical services including maintenance &/or licensing of converged & hyper converged infrastructure platforms containing but not limited to servers, storage, networking including integration to the wider Ervia estate of applications. Please refer to the PQQ for further details. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who register an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12.00hrs Friday 21st April 2017.