SSSNA Lot 2 Infrastructure Technology Refresh Award Notice

Concepts

• information technology
• coleraine
• sssna lot
• infrastructure technology refresh award notice
• infrastructure technology refresh
• data domain
• cpu licences of data protection suite
• data services
• dell emc data protection products
• magee campuses

Location

Northern Ireland: Coleraine and Magee campuses

Description

SSSNA Lot 2 Infrastructure Technology Refresh

Total Quantity or Scope

The University currently utilises Dell EMC data protection products for the backup and recovery of data. Located at the two main data centres in the Coleraine and Magee campuses are Avamar for Control Tier software and NDMP acceleration, and Data Domain as the target for Avamar backups. The University has also purchased 150 CPU licences of Data Protection Suite for VMware to provide licences for the data protection software and additional RecoverPoint capabilities. The Data Domain units, DD4200 (Coleraine) and DD2500 (Magee) are nearing end of warranty and the University is undertaking a project to refresh and replace these architectures with equivalent and enhanced capabilities. The new architectures will be used to replicate between sites for resiliency and data protection. The Avamar nodes, for metadata (M1200) and NDMP acceleration are not being refreshed as part of this project. Additional information: The estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the initial 2 year contract period and the option to extend the contract for any periods up to and including 24 months.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Initial term 2 years with provision to extend for any periods up to and including 24 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 72300000 - Data services
• 72317000 - Data storage services
• 72322000 - Data management services

Indicators

• An E-Auction may be used.
• Options are available.

Legal Justification

This call-off contract was awarded via a further competition under the Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Framework Agreement Framework reference: 2016/2.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Services shall commence on 27th September 2021 for an initial period of two (2) years with the option to extend for any periods up to and including 24 months.