Opportunity

Open Cloud for Research and Education (OCRE) - IaaS+ Cloud Tender 2024

  • GÉANT Vereniging

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-009913

Published 26 March 2024, 5:03pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

GÉANT Vereniging

Hoekenrode 3

Amsterdam

1102 BR

Contact

Monique Pellinkhof

Email

monique.pellinkhof@geant.org

Telephone

+31 205304488

Fax

+31 205304499

Country

Netherlands

NUTS code

NL - Netherlands

National registration number

KvK 40535155

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.geant.org/

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://s2c.mercell.com/today/76810

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Open Cloud for Research and Education (OCRE) - IaaS+ Cloud Tender 2024

Reference number

171386-2024 - Competition

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Please note, this notice is a duplicate of the original noticed published by GEANT, found at:

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 180,700,000,000 EUR

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

ITT for IaaS+ - OCRE2024 - Albania

Lot No

0001

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • AL - Albania
Main site or place of performance

Albania

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at:

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

For this lot GÉANT searches for providers who are able to offer and deliver the following solutions consisting of: IaaS infrastructure as a service. Where the costumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The customer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls) Note: this definition of compute may include server and serverless computing for example virtual machines, FPGAs, etc. This IaaS(+) solution or Solution may (optionally) also offer: PaaS (Platform as a Service). The capability provided to the consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages, libraries, services and tools supported by the provider. SaaS (Software as a Service) complementary software services utilising Bidders public IaaS/PaaS resources. These complementary software service offerings must utilize (or be based on or directly related to) the Bidders Public IaaS resources (CPU, memory, storage, networking). Managed services or license based (e.g. VMs with applications pre-installed from a vendor's cloud marketplace) services and general PaaS and SaaS services available in the marketplace and running in customer tenancies, may be included but these must be a direct consequence of the usage of IaaS services. The estimates for projected (maximum) usage are provided, are to be considered non-binding and indicative only, and there is no guarantee of such consumption whatsoever. All indications and volumes are provided for information purposes only and will be used by GÉANT to set an upper overall maximum amount that may be purchased under a Framework Agreement. No rights can be derived from the indicated estimated value.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at:

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:

Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at:

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

13 May 2024

Local time

11:00am

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

13 May 2024

Local time

11:00am


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at:

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Amsterdam

1076 AV

Email

info.rechtbankamsterdam@rechtspraak.nl

Country

Netherlands