GEANT is supporting WACREN under the AfricaConnect3 project funded by the European Union (DG INTPA)
WACREN operates a backbone network with points of presence (PoPs) in West and Central Africa, utilising submarine and terrestrial cables to interconnect locally, regionally and globally. Aggregation PoPs in London, Lagos, Accra and Abidjan to Edge PoPs which serve as access points for NRENs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
WACREN runs a cloud service to support e-Research activities aligned with SDGs between teams of end users, technologists and NREN representatives. This infrastructure is being upgraded in AfricaConnect3 to provide more storage and compute nodes. This tender is intended to support this upgrade requirement.
Deadline
De termijn voor de ontvangst van de offertes was 2023-09-06.
De aanbesteding werd gepubliceerd op 2023-07-26.
Object Toepassingsgebied van de aanbesteding
Titel: AC3 WACREN CLOUD
Producten/diensten: Servers📦
Korte beschrijving:
“GEANT is supporting WACREN under the AfricaConnect3 project funded by the European Union (DG INTPA)
WACREN operates a backbone network with points of...”
Korte beschrijving
GEANT is supporting WACREN under the AfricaConnect3 project funded by the European Union (DG INTPA)
WACREN operates a backbone network with points of presence (PoPs) in West and Central Africa, utilising submarine and terrestrial cables to interconnect locally, regionally and globally. Aggregation PoPs in London, Lagos, Accra and Abidjan to Edge PoPs which serve as access points for NRENs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
WACREN runs a cloud service to support e-Research activities aligned with SDGs between teams of end users, technologists and NREN representatives. This infrastructure is being upgraded in AfricaConnect3 to provide more storage and compute nodes. This tender is intended to support this upgrade requirement.
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Geschatte waarde exclusief BTW: EUR 330 000 💰
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Plaats van uitvoering: United Kingdom 🏙️
Beschrijving van de aanbesteding:
“WACREN’s objective in publishing this tender (with GEANT’s support) is to secure a contract for the supply and support of cloud server equipment to provide...”
Beschrijving van de aanbesteding
WACREN’s objective in publishing this tender (with GEANT’s support) is to secure a contract for the supply and support of cloud server equipment to provide member services, funded under the AfricaConnect3 project. The project, 80% funded by the European Commission (EC), will build upon the high-capacity network for research and education that has been established in the WACREN region over the last 6 years.
WACREN seeks to establish its own resilient cloud server infrastructure to deliver services to member NRENs and institutes in the region. The solution will be collocated at the WACREN PoP which is in MDXI in Lagos, Nigeria.
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De prijs is niet het enige gunningscriterium en alle criteria worden alleen in de aanbestedingsdocumenten vermeld
Toepassingsgebied van de aanbesteding
Geschatte totale waarde exclusief BTW: EUR 330 000 💰
Duur van de opdracht, raamovereenkomst of dynamisch aankoopsysteem
Het onderstaande tijdschema is uitgedrukt in aantal maanden.
Beschrijving
Duur: 12
Duur van de opdracht, raamovereenkomst of dynamisch aankoopsysteem
Dit contract kan worden verlengd ✅ Beschrijving
Beschrijving van de verlengingen:
“The contract that GÉANT and WACREN seek to award following this Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise shall have an initial term of one (1) year. The contract...”
Beschrijving van de verlengingen
The contract that GÉANT and WACREN seek to award following this Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise shall have an initial term of one (1) year. The contract thereafter can potentially be extended by up to 2 further 1 year terms, subject to the mutual agreement of the parties and the availability of the relevant funding.
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Informatie over de fondsen van de Europese Unie:
“The AfricaConnect3 project receives funding from the European Union under Grant Contract DCI-PANAF/2019/411-583.”
Juridische, economische, financiële en technische informatie Voorwaarden voor deelname
Lijst en korte beschrijving van aandoeningen: As stated in the Tender documents
Economische en financiële draagkracht
Lijst en korte beschrijving van de selectiecriteria: As stated in the Tender documents
Technische en professionele bekwaamheid
Lijst en korte beschrijving van de selectiecriteria: As stated in the Tender documents
Procedure Soort procedure
Open procedure
Administratieve informatie
Termijn voor de ontvangst van inschrijvingen of verzoeken tot deelneming: 2023-09-06
17:00 📅
Talen waarin inschrijvingen of aanvragen tot deelneming kunnen worden ingediend: Engels 🗣️
Het onderstaande tijdschema is uitgedrukt in aantal maanden.
Minimumtermijn gedurende welke de inschrijver de offerte gestand moet doen: 6
Voorwaarden voor de opening van de offertes: 2023-09-06
18:00 📅
Aanvullende informatie Beoordelingsorgaan
Naam: Rechtbank amsterdam
Poststad: Amsterdam
Land: Nederland 🇳🇱 Herzieningsprocedure
Precieze informatie over de termijn(en) voor herzieningsprocedures: In accordance with RECHTBANK AMSTERDAM procedures if needed
Bron: OJS 2023/S 145-464086 (2023-07-26)