Hardware

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 12 months’ duration, a support and maintenance contract of 4 years’ duration will be entered into with the successful tenderer, giving an initial contract duration of 5 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 12 months in duration, until the obsolescence of the tendered equipment. 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 12 months’ duration, a support and maintenance contract of 4 years’ duration will be entered into with the successful tenderer, giving an initial contract duration of 5 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 12 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 5 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 8 years (i.e., the initial 5 year period + three potential extensions, each of 12 months in duration).