An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years. The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland. The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery. An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-23.
The procurement was published on 2020-02-21.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“An Post Tender for Creation of a Single Party Framework for the Provision of 2 Tier 3 Data Centre Co-locations Services
2009”
Products/services: Data services📦
Short description:
“An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years...”
Short description
An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years. The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland. The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery. An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install).
An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years.
The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland.
The interested parties need to be certified to the various ISO standard and PCI-DSS accreditation.
The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery.
An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install) that is recorded locally and remotely monitored with alarm activation in this dedicated area.
The requirement is for colocation and related services. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or similar is not required as An Post will be providing infrastructure and hardware into the rack within the data center.
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Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Option to extend for up to a further 36 months (3 yrs).
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-03-23
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2028
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 040-095622 (2020-02-21)