The supply, implementation, commissioning and support of a replacement SAN Solution for Beaumont Hospital.

Tender description

Initially, the successful tenderer will be required to supply, implement and commission the required solution. The successful tenderer’s obligations in this regard shall include the design, configuration, implementation, testing and handover of the solution. Following the expiry of a warranty period of twelve months’ duration, a support and maintenance contract of four years’ duration will be entered into with the successful tenderer, giving an initial contract duration of five years. The Contracting Authority reserves the right, upon the expiry of the initial contract, to award three subsequent contracts governing the support and maintenance of the equipment, each of twelve months in duration, until the obsolescence of the tendered equipment. It is emphasised that no guarantee is offered, nor should any such guarantee be inferred, regarding the award of any additional contract beyond the initial five year period. The Contracting Authority shall consider matters such as the continued strategic appropriateness of the contract, the successful tenderer’s performance and budgetary matters in determining whether or not to award any additional contract. For the avoidance of doubt, the maximum potential duration of this contractual agreement is eight years (i.e., the initial five year period plus three potential extensions, each of twelve months in duration).