Tender Details

Supply and Installation of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) for National Audit Office

Tender Number: 464/2022/BTB (RFP/NAO/2021/08)

PA Ref Number: RFP/NAO/2021/08

Tender Description

NAO wishes to deploy a suitable, reliable, and scalable HCI (Hyper Converged Infrastructure) solution. NAO requires the Bidders to supply, install and configure the HCI Solution including virtualization and its management software that meets the NAO current requirements and is scalable to meet its future requirements.

Issued by
National Audit Office
Category/Sector
General
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
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Purchase Before
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Closing Date
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Opening Date
Monday, 29 August 2022

Additional Notes

Sr. No.

Pre-QualificationCriteria

VendorResponse

Comment

1.     

Biddermust have minimum experience of 3 years in the supply and implementation of proposedHCI solution.

 

 

2

Biddershould have carried out at least 3 proposed HCI solution implementations.

 

 

3

Bidder must have local officein Bahrain.

 

 

4

Bidder must have local 24*7support team (out of office hours remote assistance support is also acceptable)

 

 

5

The Bidder orrespondent to the proposal should be an authorised seller / distributor ofthe product. Documentary Proof required.

 

 

6

Bidder Team must beavailable on site for implementation, trainings, and initial support.

 

 

7

At least 3 client references for satisfactoryprovisioning of proposed HCI solution implementations should be provided.

 

 

8

The respondent shouldbe an enterprise-wide system integrator and an authorised OEM’s certified partnership.Documentary Proof required.

 

 

9

Bidders should be ISO (InternationalOrganization for Standardization) certified company. Especially, ISO 9001:2015 certified. will be added advantage.Documentary Proof required      (Bidders should enclose copies of the valid ISO certificates)

 

 


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 Thursday, 23 June 2022
  • 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:

National Audit Office
  17565111