DEADLINE: 16TH MARCH, 2023
ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT
INVITATION FOR THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE PROVISION OF SOFTWARE SERVICES FOR THE SETUP OF THE ANAMBRA STATE DATA CENTRE
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Anambra State Government through the State ICT Agency seeks to engage competent, experienced, and qualified companies/vendors to provide the necessary services for the setup of the Anambra State Data Center.
The planned Data Centre will enhance the delivery of essential digital services and will play a critical role in supporting Mr. Governor’s promise to deliver “Everything technology and Technology Everywhere” to Ndi Anambra.
(2.0) SCOPE OF WORK
- Managed hosting services: This involves the setup of the hosting infrastructure at the Data centre.
- Cloud services: This involves the setup of the cloud computing services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud storage services, etc.
- Disaster recovery services: This involves the setup of the backup and recovery solutions to protect against data loss or downtime in case of a disaster or outage.
- Network services: This involves the setup of the Network connectivity, bandwidth, and routing services.
- Security services: This involves the setup of firewall protection, intrusion detection and prevention, and threat management.
- Monitoring Services: This involves the set up of the monitoring and management services to ensure that the data centre equipment is functioning properly and to quickly identify and address any issues both on-site and remotely
- Customer support services: This involves setting up support services to deal with technical issues or questions related to the data centre.
(3.0) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Competent, experienced, and qualified companies/vendors are invited to present their Expressions of Interests (EOI) for the provision of Data Center Services to Anambra State Data Center. All EOI must be in line with the scope of activities outlined above.
All notices of intent must be accompanied by the following:
- Evidence of legal and professional status of the company/vendor.
- Current tax clearance certificate (evidence of payment of tax for the last three (3) years and as at when due)
- Company profile and evidence of relevant experience in similar projects
- Verifiable reference list of clients for whom similar works were/are being executed giving scope, location, and value.
- Company’s audited financial reports and funding information over the last three years
- Statement of the organization’s core technical competencies and skills available.
- Details of key manpower resources available including names and short CVs of key professional staff to be deployed
- Name, position, e-mail, and phone number of the company/vendor contact person.
- Any other relevant information that may be useful in assessing the company’s suitability for the project.
The requested information should be compiled and arranged in the order shown above.
(4.0) APPLICATION DETAILS:
All applications to be handled by Anambra State Bureau of Public Procurement.
