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Join us for a briefing session on the Road Accident Fund's Request for Proposal (RFP) for the appointment of a service provider to provide hosting facilities for a period of five years. Learn about the background, mandatory documents, evaluation criteria, submission process, and contact details.
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ROAD ACCIDENT FUNDVENDOR BRIEFING SESSION RAF/ 2012 /00032 Date: 15 January 2013 Time: 11:00
AGENDA • Background • Mandatory Documents • Evaluation Criteria • Disqualification of bids • Submission of bids • Contact Details • Purpose of the RFP • Questions and Answers
Background • RFP: RAF/2012/00032: APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE HOSTING FACILITIES FOR THE ROAD ACCIDENT FUND FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS • Advertised on 07 December 2012 • Closing on 25 January 2013
Background • The RAF wishes to appoint a suitably qualified Service provider to provide hosting facilities for the Road Accident Fund (RAF) for a period of five years.
Mandatory Documents • Standard Bidding Document (SBD) • Tax Clearance Certificate • Bid Conditions • BEE certificate
Evaluation Criteria Evaluation will be based on the following: • Technical Functional Mandatory (Comply or Not Comply) – Bidders who do not meet the mandatory requirement will be disqualified. • Technical Functional Requirement (100 points) • Price and BEE Evaluations (90/10 points)
Disqualification of bids • Bidders shall be disqualified if they fail to: • Submit a valid and original tax clearance certificate • Complete questionnaires in full • Submit true and correct information • Comply with mandatory requirements • Comply with prescribed response format
Original signed bid document and Proposal clearly marked and indexed with all pages numbered • One original and two (2) hard copies, submitted in a sealed envelopes. • Submission Address: • RAF Menlyn Reception • 38 Ida street Menlo Park Pretoria Submission of bid responses
Bid responses sent by courier must reach the reception at least 36 hours before the closing date to be deposited into the bid box • Submission Register must be signed at the reception by bidder when submitting bid documents. Important note: • Please ensure that the attendance register has been signed • Name of company • Contact details • Late bids will not be considered Submission of bid responses
Contact Details • All queries must be forwarded to annah@raf.co.za • Enquiries and clarification will close not later than 17 January 2013 @ 11H00.
Purpose of the RFP • Provide Tier 4 managed Data Centre hosting facilities to host RAF Primary & Secondary Data Centre Infrastructure • Active – active sites with data replication • Different Metros (acceptable distance) • Caged solution with biometric controlled access • Infrastructure managed by RAF ICT • Provide managed MPLS Cloud Network between RAF offices and the Data Centres • The network architecture must provide a 99,95% availability with multiple POPs in all major cities
Purpose of the RFB • Provide Corporate APN solution • 50 Gig uncapped APN • GSM with coverage in all major cities, urban and rural areas • ±300 sim cards • Provide Dedicated Internet Access with failover at secondary site • 10 Meg primary breakout • 5 Meg secondary breakout • Services On-Demand • If and when required connectivity for expansion
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