Miscellaneous business and business-related services

Tender description

Warwick District Council operates a highly virtualised server and desktop environment using VMware. As part of the Council’s overall business continuity plans, ICT Services has produced an optimised solution for recovering the Council’s data processing environment in the event of a major disaster. The solution requires the provision of a third party recovery centre, with the associated provision of relevant third party technical expertise. It is a critical requirement of this contract that: — the supplier must provide a Recovery Centre within 40 miles of the Council’s corporate headquarters (CV32 5HZ), — the supplier must be able to provide the hardware in the published recovery schedule located at www.csw-jets.co.uk The contract will be for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance. To express interest in this opportunity, please visit www.csw-jets.co.uk The PIN is being issued to establish interest from suppliers with regard to providing of a third party recovery centre for Warwick District Council's ICT services as part of the council’s overall business continuity plans. The supplier will be required to provide relevant third party technical expertise, including: — Primary Requirements — Provision of Hardware, — Provision of a Recovery Centre, — Provision of ship-to-site for critical hardware, — Provision of technical recovery expertise; including HP DataProtector, VMWare and Microsoft, — Provision of annual rehearsals (minimum) Secondary Requirements, — Provision of Seats with Internet access, — SIP Trunk This PIN notice will also act at the SQ for the restricted procedure. This PIN will be advertised for 35 days, following which, all suppliers who have expressed of interest will be contacted to reaffirm their interest in bidding for the contract. A tender will be issued immediately following the closure of the PIN. The tender will be issued for 14 days for completion and return. As per the requirements of the restricted procedure, we intend to invite a minimum of 5 suppliers through to tender. However, if the number of expressions of interest is less than 5, Warwick District Council reserves the right to invite all suppliers that express interest and meet the minimum requirements advertised. By expressing interest, a suppliers is confirming that in addition to meeting their obligations under the mandatory criteria listed within the Public Contract Regulations 2015, they meet the following minimum requirements: — A Recovery Centre can be provided within 40 miles of the Council’s corporate headquarters (CV32 5HZ), — the supplier is able to provide the hardware in the published recovery schedule located at www.csw-jets.co.uk