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UK-Birmingham: servers

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BIRMINGHAM
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:266001-2010
Publication Date:   Sep 8, 2010
Deadline:   Oct 5, 2010
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.bham.ac.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice type: 01226 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 174/2010, #266001-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
University of Birmingham
Room LG9, Lower Ground Floor, Aston Webb Building, B Block, Edgbaston
Attn: Jaina Rathod
B15 2TT Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1214158806
E-mail: procurement@bham.ac.uk
Fax +44 1214143459
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority www.bham.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile www.in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s)
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Body governed by public law
Education
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities No
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Provision of a Server Solution for the University of Birmingham.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery UK-Birmingham.
NUTS code UKG31
II.1.3) The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds
four years: N/A.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The University of Birmingham is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement
to meet the IT Services departments server related requirements. This may
in the future be extended to cover the requirements of other departments
within the University. The term of the framework will be for a period of 4
years.
The framework will cover both Unix/Linux and Windows Servers, associated
peripherals and associated software. It does not cover desktop computers,
high performance computing clusters or storage. The choice for Unix/Linux
and Windows will be handled a two distinct lots, and separate submissions
must be provided for both. There will however be a distinct advantage to a
manufacturer who can supply and demonstrate unified support for both
product lines.
The framework will be with the Hardware Manufacturer. The manufacturer may
nominate a premier reseller to manage the day-to-day relationship. Full
details of both the manufacturer and the resellers qualifications which
demonstrate their ability to fulfil the requirements must be submitted.
The relationship between the manufacturer and the reseller, and the
services each is able to offer, must be clearly demonstrated within your
response.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
48820000
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8) Division into lots
No
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted
No
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.2) Options
No
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject
No
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
If you are responding to this PQQ you must be the Manufacturer. As the
manufacturer you must specify whether you intend to be the sole delivery
channel to the University, or if you intend to work either 1. wholly, or
2. partly through a premier reseller.
If a reseller is involved the manufacturer must demonstrate the level of
the relationship between the manufacturer and the reseller.
The manufacturer must demonstrate experience of working within the
European Higher Education HE market where the interaction has been with a
large HE institution of a size and budget similar to or larger than the
University of Birmingham.
The manufacturer must provide details of their product range as they
believe it relates to this tender. This will include, but not be limited
to, server hardware, associated peripherals, and associated software.
Software would, for example, include details of virtualisation products,
clustering, failover and backup.
The manufacturer must specify the management tools available to manage a
large, converged environment.
The University anticipates a major investment in its data centre
facilities over the lifetime of this agreement and therefore requires a
wider solution which integrates with monitoring and control of the data
centre environment. The manufacturer must specify such a management
system.
The manufacturer must be prepared to provide their product roadmap for the
equipment specified over the period of this agreement.
Storage infrastructure is not part of this framework agreement. IT
Services has standardised on HP EVA SAN infrastructure currently EVA 8100
and 8400 and HP Brocade DC04 Director Class Switches and all server
hardware must be able to interface with this storage. Your response should
demonstrate this by reference to the EVA Compatibility matrix which can be
found at http://h20272.www2.hp.com/.
The manufacturer must provide evidence that they are keen to enter into
such a strategic relationship.
The manufacturer must have exclusive access to research laboratory
provision.
The manufacturer must have a proven track record of such relationships
with HE Institutions of a comparable size to the University of Birmingham.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts
No
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
No
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service
No
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions
to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated No
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated
in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in
the descriptive document
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used
No
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
FRAM249/10
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing
documents 5.10.2010 - 15:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
5.10.2010 - 15:00
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
No
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
3.9.2010
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