DEADLINE: 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2023
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION (GAIN)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE PROVISION OF DATA HOSTING CENTER SERVICES

I. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF WORK

ABOUT GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food to all people.

GAIN’s work to improve the consumption of safe and nutritious food is based on three interlinked strategic objectives:

  1. to improve the demand for safe, nutritious foods;
  2. to increase the availability of nutritious foods and enhance the nutritional value of foods;and
  3. to strengthen the enabling environment to improve the consumption of safe, nutritious foods.

We build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. We are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition. Through alliances, we provide technical, financial and policy support to key participants in the food system. We use specific learning, evidence of impact, and results of projects and programmes to shape and influence the actions of others.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has representative offices in Denmark, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, we have country offices in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Benin, Uganda and Tanzania. Programmes and projects are carried out in various other countries, particularly in Africa and Asia.

SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES
OBJECTIVES
The successful provider will be responsible for supplying a reliable, secure, and scalable data hosting service
that includes:

  • Guarantee of 24/7 data accessibility with minimal downtime
  • Provision of secure data storage, backup, and recovery mechanisms
  • Operation of Container Runtime Platform (Kubernetes)
  • Effective customer support and troubleshooting services
    3.2 Guidng Questions
  1. How will you access the applications on various pods within a container? Port number separation?
    a. K8s-level pod/container access, TCP/IP between pod/container ports as configured in the deployment charts. Ingress/egress via Istio gateway.
  2. What are we load balancing?
    a. Istio gateway ingress/egress traffic, tcp/ip
  3. How do you plan to use the firewall?
    a. Restricting all but allowed ports for ingress/egress
  4. How many SSL Certificates or SSL Certificate types do you require?
    a. Server certificate primarily for traffic encryption of ingress/egress. We can work with one, but prefer one per access type à three

II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING
This section addresses the process for responding to this solicitation. Applicants are encouraged to review this
prior to completing their responses.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Candidates must meet the following criteria:

  • Demonstrable experience in providing data centre hosting services, preferably in similar projects
  • Comprehensive understanding of data privacy and security laws and regulations in Nigeria and globally
  • Capability to deliver scalable solutions to cater for future expansion
  • Nigerian based and owned company

SUBMISSION
EOIs should be in English and submitted in electronic copy to the following e-mail address: nquotation@gainhealth.org.

Please include BMGF-DFQT+ in the subject line.

DEADLINE
Completed EOIs should be submitted electronically to GAIN before 23:59 PM West African Time(WAT) on Friday 1st September 2023

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