ECMWF/EOI/2020/BOND09a Procurement of Logistics Services

Tender description

The purpose of this Expression of Interest (EOI) is to help ECMWF understand the service options available in moving a substantial amount of existing equipment and tape media from its Shinfield Park data centre in Reading, UK to its new data centre in Bologna, Italy. Once the options are understood, ECMWF is likely to tender for these services. It should be noted that due to the nature of the equipment, most will likely be dismantled in the UK, packaged and rebuilt in Bologna by the OEM vendor. However for servers, switches and media, a more complete moving service could be offered, which would include de-racking, packaging, transporting and re-racking the equipment by the Contractor. In the event that ECMWF agrees to tender for the services, the requirements are likely to be split into two Lots, one for the equipment and one for the tape media move, with both being issued in the second quarter 2020. Tenderers would be able to bid for either one or both Lots. In this EOI, it is acceptable to only answer the questions relevant to your area of interest. It is anticipated that the moves would take place in early 2021. Respondents are encouraged to submit a complete response to this EOI exercise as ECMWF reserves the right to use this exercise to short-list suppliers for the Invitation to Tender stage. Portal instructions: In order to allow potential bidders to get a better understanding of the service tendered before committing to it, some of the ITT documents are accessible under the ‘Attachments’ box at bottom right of this page. The full set of ITT documents and relevant questions are only accessible by registering an interest in this opportunity (see the 'Expression of interest window' at top right). Please refer initially to the ‘ECMWF eProcurement Portal Guidance for suppliers’ file in the Attachments box as this document will help you navigate the portal and locate the necessary information in order to submit a proposal. Please note that the contact email address shown under 'Contact details' is not monitored, and any messages sent to this email address will not be attended to. Questions / clarifications concerning this ITT must be submitted via the Messaging area of the ITT, which can be accessed through the My Activities page of the Portal once you have logged-in and registered your interest in this opportunity. Keywords: transportation services, logistics services