Tender Details

Support & Maintenance for Fortinet DCFW & FortiAnalyzer

Tender Number: 340/2023/BTB (TRA/RFP/2023/004)

PA Ref Number: TRA/RFP/2023/004

Tender Description

The purpose of this RFP is to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified company to provide maintenance & support services including licences for TRA’s internal System namely FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer over a 3 year period.

Issued by
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (LOCAL GCC)
Initial Bond
BD 500
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 30
Contract Duration
3 Year
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
No
Publish Date
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
Purchase Before
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Closing Date
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Opening Date
Thursday, 22 June 2023

Additional Notes

The purpose of this RFP is to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified company to provide maintenance & support services including licences for TRA’s internal System namely FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer over a 3 year period.

The Tenderer must comply with the following requirements and in the event of non-compliance the Tender Proposal will be disqualified: 

- The Tenderer shall be TRA’s single point of contact for the resolution of all defects on the Hardware

- Provide incident reports for severity 1 defects within 48 hours of resolution.

- Tenderer must be a Fortinet Expert Partner or higher, and will provide the TRA with a partnership letter

- Provide at least three local escalation points of contact from the successful Tenderer’s management that are available 24x7 to assist with any fulfilment concerns

- Conduct quarterly health checks on the production environment, rotating through security and core products in coordination with TRA

- The Tenderer’s team should have minimum 2 engineers certified with Fortinet Network Security Expert NSE Level 4 or above.

 

الغرض من طلب تقديم العروض هذا هو تعيين شركة ذات خبرة ومؤهلة بشكل مناسب لتقديم خدمات الصيانة والدعم بما في ذلك تراخيص النظام الداخلي للهيئة ، أي FortiGate و FortiAnalyzer على مدى 3 سنوات.

يجب على العارض الامتثال للمتطلبات التالية وفي حالة عدم الامتثال ، سيتم استبعاد عرض العطاء:

- يجب أن يكون العارض هو نقطة الاتصال الوحيدة للهيئة لحل جميع العيوب الموجودة على الأجهزة.

- تقديم تقارير الحوادث للعيوب الخطيرة 1 في غضون 48 ساعة من الحل.

- يجب أن يكون العارض شريكًا خبيرًا في Fortinet أو أعلى ، وسيقدم للهيئة خطاب شراكة.

- توفير ما لا يقل عن ثلاث نقاط اتصال محلية للتصعيد من إدارة مقدم العطاء الناجح والمتاحة على مدار الساعة طوال أيام الأسبوع للمساعدة في أي مخاوف تتعلق بالوفاء.

- إجراء فحوصات صحية ربع سنوية على بيئة الإنتاج ، بالتناوب بين المنتجات الأمنية والأساسية بالتنسيق مع هيئة تنظيم الاتصالات.

- يجب أن يكون لدى فريق العارض مهندسين على الأقل معتمدين من قبل خبير أمن شبكات Fortinet NSE المستوى 4 أو أعلى.


How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Tuesday, 06 June 2023
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, Insurance Policy or Cash (or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Micro, small and medium enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
  • Vendors who are not registered in the Tender Board's e-tendering system shall be required to register through the below-mentioned link, and for assistance please contact the Tender Board through email helpdesk@tenderboard.gov.bh or call on Tel No. +97317566617.
  • For Registration

Inquiries

For further inquiries please contact on:

Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
  17520000