Notice Information
Notice Title
(P- 1577) Information Services - Hardware Maintenance and Support Services
Notice Description
The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to Translink's requirement, it does not purport to be all inclusive. Translink is seeking to appoint a single service provider to support their Information Services Department with delivery of the following service areas: 1) Hardware maintenance (servers, SAN, client devices eg laptops, desktops, and printers) 2) Out of hours support (e.g monitoring an internal data centre) 3) Business continuity services and testing 4) Application support services (e.g. Database administrator services for key SQL and Oracle databases) 5) Transition and transformation services (e.g. transition from one operational site(s) to an alternative/implementing new services e.g. print management. The anticipated start date is June 2021 however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserves the right to accept part of any Tender from one or any number of Tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to Translink's requirement, it does not purport to be all inclusive. Translink is seeking to appoint a single service provider to support their Information Services Department with delivery of the following service areas: 1) Hardware maintenance (servers, SAN, client devices eg laptops, desktops, and printers) 2) Out of hours support (e.g monitoring an internal data centre) 3) Business continuity services and testing 4) Application support services (e.g. Database administrator services for key SQL and Oracle databases) 5) Transition and transformation services (e.g. transition from one operational site(s) to an alternative/implementing new services e.g. print management. The anticipated start date is June 2021 however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserves the right to accept part of any Tender from one or any number of Tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
Options: Two additional options to extend the contract. Each option for a period of 1 year.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029ef2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006016-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services
72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
72130000 - Computer-site planning consultancy services
72140000 - Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services
72150000 - Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Mar 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Apr 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Translink may make a call for competition at the end of the initial 3 year contract period and/or if additional options are taken (2 additional options, each a period of 1 year). Translink reserve the right to make a call for competition at any point deemed appropriate by Translink and may make no call for competition should the requirement no longer be classified by Translink as recurring.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSLINK
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 7LX
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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